La Princesse légère
A king, a queen, a prince, and a light princess, victim of a spell… These are the characters in a talk on gravity and flight. This fairy tale by George Macdonald, friend and mentor to Lewis Carroll, gives birth today to an opera played between water and air in which every element of the stage décor becomes sonorous. An innovative encounter between the young Colombian composer Violeta Cruz and the actor and director Jos Houben, founder of the company “Complicité” in London and acclaimed actor l’Art du rire.
Opera for ages 8 and up.
Commissioned by the Opéra Comique
Violeta Cruz music
Gilles Rico livretto
Jos Houben director
Emily Wilson artistic collaboration
Oria Puppo sets and costumes
Nicolas Simonin lighting
Augustin Muller IRCAM computer music design
Soloists
Jeanne Crousaud Princess, Nurse 1
Majdouline Zerari Queen
Jean-Jacques L’Anthöen Prince, Narrator
Nicholas Merryweather King
Actors
Kate Colebrook Doctor Déjanthé, Nurse 2
Guy-Loup Boisneau Doctor Malofoi, Page, Witch
Ensemble Court-circuit
Jean Deroyer musical director
Pierre Dumoussaud assistant musical director
Rencontre
Vendredi 9 mars, 21h30, Opéra Comique, salle Bizet
En entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles
Projection du film « Images d’une oeuvre n°23 : La Princesse légère de Violeta Cruz »
Introduction par Philippe Langlois et rencontre avec Violeta Cruz à l’issue de la projection.
Documentaire de Natacha Nisic et Anne Montaron.
Diffusion du film en continu dans la rotonde du foyer de l’Opéra Comique les 10 et 11 mars.
