Name: Glass, the terrible children
Start: 2022-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-11-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Théâtre Municipal Raymond Devos

Organization

Stage director

Phia Ménard

Set designer

Conductor

Emmanuel Olivier

Lighting designer

Eric Soyer

Costume designer

Marie La Rocca

Soprano

Mélanie Boisvert

Elisabeth

Mezzo-soprano

Ingrid Perruche

Dargelos

Agathe

Assistant Stage Director

Clarisse Delile

Assistant Set Design

Dramaturge

Jonathan Drillet

Bass-baritone

Olivier Naveau

Paul

Tenor

François Piolino

Gérard

Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing

Glass, the terrible children

Tourcoing

France

Théâtre Municipal Raymond Devos

Les Enfants Terribles Glass

Public

The Terrible Children

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Saxophonist

Trombonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Choreographer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Singer

Countertenor

Contralto

Baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Les Enfants Terribles

The director Phia Ménard takes over the moving and magnetic work of Cocteau and Glass.
We know Philip Glass's fascination with Cocteau since he has already adapted Orpheus and Beauty and the Beast. For Les Enfants terribles, he created a chamber opera with three pianos which perfectly conveys the atmosphere of Cocteau's novel. In her staging, Phia Ménard wants to bring the show into a fair equation between singing, music, choreography and acting. The stage is, she says, the place of transformation. The imagination, the dreams, the treasure and the destiny of Paul and Elisabeth await us there. In their childhood room, left to their own devices, Paul and his sister Élisabeth, ruled by their fantasies, transform their room into a permanent stage and endlessly play the comedy of childhood there, accompanied by their friend, Gérard. A comedy barely disturbed by the death of their (unseen) mother,

English

La metteuse en scène Phia Ménard s’empare de l’œuvre bouleversante et magnétique de Cocteau et Glass.
On connait la fascination de Philip Glass pour Cocteau puisqu’il a déjà̀ adapté Orphée et La Belle et la Bête. Pour Les Enfants terribles, il crée un opéra de chambre avec trois pianos qui traduit parfaitement l’atmosphère du roman de Cocteau. Dans sa mise en scène, Phia Ménard souhaite amener le spectacle dans une équation juste entre chant, musique, chorégraphie et jeu. Le plateau est, dit-elle, l’endroit de la transformation. L’imagination, les rêves, le trésor et le destin de Paul et d’Élisabeth nous y attendent. Dans leur chambre d’enfance, livrés à eux-mêmes, Paul et sa sœur Élisabeth, gouvernes par leurs fantaisies, transforment leur chambre en scène permanente et y jouent indéfiniment la comédie de l’enfance accompagnés de leur ami, Gérard. Une comédie à peine troublée par la mort de leur mère (invisible), qui les laisse libre de nier le monde réel, le monde des adultes et de la raison, et qui semble ne jamais devoir les rattraper…

français

Glass, the terrible children by Glass, Sat 26 Nov 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Phia Ménard,, Conductor Emmanuel Olivier, Théâtre Municipal Raymond Devos, Tourcoing, France

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