Nigra Sum
“Nigra Sum sed formosa” (I am black and I am beautiful) is a meeting between earthly and heavenly, gravity and elevation, past and present. Taken from the Song of Songs, […]
Apollo e Dafne
When Handel arrived in Rome at the end of 1706, opera was no longer authorized there, deemed too entertaining and profane for certain rigorists, and too scandalous for the Vatican. […]
Monsieur Croche – Impressions d’outre-tombe
“This show is first of all a complete work because it includes theater, music (including lyrical art), poetry, painting, digital arts and video, all at the same time… It is […]
Orfeo
The first opera ever composed For the first time in the history of music, words and music were united in the service of meaning and emotion. This didn’t occur in […]
Le Devin du village
What if Le Devin du Village by Rousseau has been waiting for you for two centuries at the Théâtre de la Reine in the Petit Trianon? On September 19, 1780, […]
The Fairy Queen
Purcell had already composed his most famous works, such as “Dido and Aeneas”, “King Arthur”, “Ode to Saint Cecilia” and many sonatas and instrumental pages. An artistic achievement The Fairy […]
Du coq à l’âne
A creation for the young and the old at the heart of dreams… and nightmares! “Take a few musicians, if you let them go with their natural inclination, they will […]
Dixit Dominus
In 1706, then aged 22, Handel began a trip to Italy and was welcomed in Rome where opera was banned, deemed decadent by the church. It was in this context […]
Dido ans Æneas
If we generalize a bit, comic book readers only knowledge of opera is through Tintin and Castafiore… If we generalize further, opera lovers only knowledge of comics is through Tintin […]
Bach = 14
Around the repertoire of Johann Sebastian Bach, three musicians, a singer and a juggler offer you an approach to mathematics and learning through games and dreams, under the direction of […]
