jeudi 20 novembre 2025 | 20:00 |
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) | Prélude et danse de Sémiramis | |
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) | Ma mère l'Oye | |
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) | L'Enfant et les Sortilèges | Livret de Colette |
Alain Altinoglu | Direction | |
Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie | ||
Chœur de la Monnaie | ||
Emmanuel Trenque | Chef de chœur | |
Académie des Chœurs de la Monnaie | ||
Benoît Giaux | Chef de chœur | |
Pierre Derhet | Ténor | |
Marie-Juliette Ghazarian | Mezzo-soprano | L'Enfant |
Lotte Verstaen | Mezzo-soprano | Maman, La Tasse chinoise |
Lisa Willems | Soprano | La Chauve-Souris, La Chouette |
Emma Posman | Soprano | Le Feu, Le Rossignol |
Margaux de Valensart | Soprano | La Princesse, Une pastourelle |
Blandine Coulon | Mezzo-soprano | La Chatte, L'Écureuil |
Estelle Defalque | Mezzo-soprano | La Libellule |
Lukas Cortoos | Basse | La Bergère Louis XV, Le Chêne |
Logan Lopez Gonzalez | Contre-ténor | Un pâtre |
Maxime Melnik | Ténor | Le Petit Vieillard, La Rainette |
Alexander Marev | Ténor | La Théière |
Leander Carlier | Baryton | Le Chat, L'Horloge comtoise |
‘I'm free, free, naughty and free!’ – L’Enfant, Tableau I
One afternoon in an old country house. A little boy is bored doing his homework. Scolded by his mother for his laziness, the child, in a fit of anger, throws the china cup and teapot across the room, torments the squirrel, pulls the cat’s tail, knocks over the kettle, tears his book and even attacks the old grandfather clock … Once his fit has passed, the animals and objects come to life, threatening the boy with revenge.
Conceived by Colette for her daughter, L’Enfant et les Sortilèges proved an opportunity for Maurice Ravel to write one of his great masterpieces of orchestration. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the MM Academy, our MM Soloists and MM Laureates will bring this evocative score to life, embodying the many roles like the Fire, the Nightingale, the Oak Tree or the Princess. The story will also take shape before the audience’s eyes thanks to the illustrations created live by the artist Reinhard Kleist, three-time winner of the prestigious Max and Moritz Award. To open this magical concert, Alain Altinoglu will conduct the tales of Ma mère l’Oye as well as a recently discovered piece by Ravel, ‘Prélude et danse’, from his cantata Sémiramis, written by the composer while he was studying at the Conservatoire. An enchanting programme that is bound to appeal to the child in all of us.
Start ticket sale 26.6.2025
Tickets: € 12 › 52
-30 years: € 10 / 25
-15 years: Free (with an adult in the same category)
