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More is less: Die Dreigroschenoper becomes L’Opéra des quat’sous in Aix-en-Provence

Claïna Clavaron (Street Singer)
© Jean-Louis Fernandez
Birane Ba (Macheath) and Benjamin Lavernhe (Tiger Brown)
© Jean-Louis Fernandez
Robert Hecq (Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum) and Véronique Vella (Celia Peachum)
© Jean-Louis Fernandez
Birane Ba (Macheath)
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“work that could hardly be more relevant at a time when anger at political conditions is boiling over”
Reviewed at Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence on 4 July 2023
Weill, The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) (new production)
Maxime Pascal, Conductor
Thomas Ostermeier, Director
Magda Willi, Set Designer
Florence von Gerkan, Costume Designer
Urs Schönebaum, Lighting Designer
Le Balcon
Sébastien Dupouey, Video
Christian Longchamp, Dramaturgy
Marie Oppert, Polly Peachum
Veronique Vella, Celia Peachum
Birane Ba, Macheath
Christian Hecq, Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Benjamin Lavernhe, Tiger Brown
Claïna Clavaron, Lucy
Elsa Lepoivre, Jenny
Nicolas Lormeau, Smith
Comédie-Française
Johanna Lemke, Choreography
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