La vie parisienne - Opera

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La vie parisienne - Opera

Talking about "les amours impossibles": A myth emerging in the 19th century suggested that everything (un)imaginable in that sector was possible in Paris. Allegedly, this notion was triggered by rich American men starting to discover Europe for themselves, far from the observing eyes of their puritan mothers and brides. But all was not that simple, as we are told in "La Vie parisienne". 

Bobinet and Gardefeu, two Parisian dandys, play all sorts of tricks to win the favours of Métella, a demimondaine, while getting rid of her latest admirer, the Baron de Gondremarck, newly arrived to Paris with his wife. However, the shrewd Baroness and her friends delude and shamefully expose their play. 

With its frivolous depiction of local nightlife, "La Vie parisienne" became immensely popular when premiered shortly before the 1867 Paris Exposition, whereas the libretto’s satirical comments on current military and political affairs were immediately censored. We present you La Vie parisienne in its uncensored version with a magnificent, idiomatic Francophone cast and in a splendidly colourful staging by Christian Lacroix, which ends, as Offenbach wished, in merriment, champagne and song.

Comic opera in five acts

Music by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) 

Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

Premiere: Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 31 october 1866

The complete original edition of 1866

Co-production: Bru Zane France / Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège / Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen / Théâtre des Champs-Élysées / Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie / Opéra de Limoges / Opéra de Tours / Palazzetto Bru Zane

Executive production: Bru Zane France

Sets, costumes, props and wigs created by the workshops of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège

Music published by Palazzetto Bru Zane

Conductor | Gianluca Capuano

Director, sets and costumes | Christian Lacroix

Deputy directors | Romain Gilbert & Laurent Delvert

Lighting design | Bertrand Couderc

Choreography | Glyslein Lefever

Choirmaster | Stefano Visconti

Gabrielle | Alexandra Marcellier

Pauline | Gloria Tronel

Clara | Sheva Tehoval

La baronne de Gondremarck | Karina Gauvin

Métella | Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur

Bertha | Brenda Poupard

Mme de Folle-Verdure | Julie Pasturaud

Mme de Quimper-Karadec | Maryse Castets

Le Brésilien/ Frick/ Gontran | Kévin Amiel

Prosper/ Joseph/ Alphonse | Thomas Morris

Raoul de Gardefeu | Eric Huchet

Bobinet | Marc Mauillon

Le baron de Gondremack | Jean-François Lapointe

Urbain/ Alfred/ Employé de gare | Philippe Estèphe

 

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Thursday 31 December 2026 from 18:00 to 22:00
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