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    The fundamental principle of IRCAM is to encourage productive interaction among scientific research, technological developments, and contemporary music production. Since its establishment in 1977, this initiative has provided the foundation for the institute’s activities. One of the major issues is the importance of contributing to the renewal of musical expression through science and technology. Conversely, sp…

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    • "Transfer" for 10 Musicians and Electronics
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Fri 9 March 2018,
8 p.m., Sat 10 March 2018,
3 p.m., 8 p.m.,
Sun 11 March 2018,
11 a.m., 4 p.m.
Opéra Comique
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Full : 40 €
Discount Price : 32 €

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Opera






La Princesse légère

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Based on the fairy tale by George MacDonald - Premiere 2017
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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

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An Opéra Comique production. An IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, Opéra de Lille, Ensemble Court-circuit coproduction. With the support of therapport R Fonds de Création Lyrique.
  • Répétitions à l'Opéra de Lille  © Opéra de Lille/Simon Gosselin
    Répétitions à l'Opéra de Lille © Opéra de Lille/Simon Gosselin
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    Répétitions à l'Opéra de Lille © Opéra de Lille/Simon Gosselin
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  • Répétition en studio à l'Ircam  © Violeta Cruz
    Répétition en studio à l'Ircam © Violeta Cruz

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.


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La Princesse légère (The Light Princess)

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A Question of Levity! La Princesse légère (The Light Princess) is exactly that: light. Light in every sense of the word. Victim of a spell cast by an evil witch, she has no gravity: no…
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Colombian Composer Violeta Cruz (in French)

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Violeta Cruz obtient son Diplôme Supérieur de Composition en 2009 à l’Université Javeriana de Bogotá où elle étudie avec Harold Vásquez et Guillermo Gaviria. Elle poursuit ses études au Conservatoire…
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