À l’Opéra Comique, Le Voyage dans la Lune forme la jeunesse

Le Voyage dans la Lune à l'Opéra Comique

Arthur Roussel (le prince Caprice) et Ludmilla Bouakkaz (la princesse Fantasia)

By Tristan Labouret, 25 January 2023

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“Il faut saluer le travail formidable accompli par les maîtrisiens de tous âges”

Reviewed at Opéra Comique, Paris on 24 January 2023

Offenbach, Le Voyage dans la Lune

Opéra-Comique

Alexandra Cravero, Conductor

Laurent Pelly, Director, Costume Designer

Barbara de Limburg, Set Designer

Joël Adam, Lighting Designer

Les Frivolités Parisiennes

Maîtrise Populaire de l'Opéra-Comique

Ludmilla Bouakkaz, Fantasia

Violette Clapeyron, Flamma

Rachel Masclet, La reine Popotte

Arthur Roussel, Le prince Caprice

Franck Leguérinel, Le roi V'lan

Matéo Vincent-Denoble, Microscope

Enzo Bishop, Cosmos

Micha Calvez-Richer, Cactus

Salomé Baslé

Justine Chauzy Le Joly, Soprano

Judith Gasnier, Soprano

Airelle Groleau

Jeanne Sapin

Implacable Werther at Opéra-Comique from Pichon and Huffman

Romain Daroles, 19th January

Tight orchestral playing, minimalist stage design: the conductor and director are perfectly in tune with each other, transforming Massenet's work into an intimate and timeless drama.

****1

Opéra-Comique's Carmen brings high musical qualities to Edinburgh

Roy Westbrook, 8th August

Andreas Homoki's meta-staging in Paris' Opéra-Comique cannot detract from strong musical performances at the Edinburgh Festival, led by Gaëlle Arquez as a near-perfect Carmen.

****1

Deliciously not Disney: Zémire et Azor at Opéra Comique

David Karlin, 29th June

Grétry's mash-up of Beauty and the Beast and The Arabian Nights provides an evening of proper enchantment in Paris.

****1

Unhappy ever after: Gluck's Armide returns to Paris

David Karlin, 11th November

Excellent performances and stage direction make a good case for an opera that's on the slow side dramatically.

****1

Titon et l'Aurore: flying sheep at the Opéra Comique

Philippe Ramin, 21st January

In Basil Twist's staging of Titon et l'Aurore, William Christie shows the breadth of his talent in 18th century French repertoire, conducting an cast which excels in both main and supporting roles.

*****

Operatic magic: Ercole Amante at the Opéra Comique

Jean-Marc Piriou, 6th November

Voices, orchestra staging: everything in this Ercole Amante is light and magic, to the great delight of the Salle Favart audience.

*****

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.