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New collaboration | Le Cercle littéraireInformation
Scary monsters, charming monsters, kind husbands, beloved brothers turned bears, wild swans and pigs all populate the magical world of our fairy tales, playing out the story of Beauty and the Beast time and again to the delight of young and old alike. Will the young princess Flora succeed in freeing her beloved enchanted husband Pig from the clutches of the wicked Adelaide, the witch’s daughter?
The prolific and talented English composer Jonathan Dove invites his young audience to embark on this wild and joyful quest, riding on the wings of the North Wind with the help of the Moon and the Sun. As one of the most frequently performed living opera composers, Dove has captivated audiences in his native Europe as well in the United States and Australia. First known for his comic opera Flight, Jonathan Dove has become a master in the art of composing for children, as evidenced by Gaspard’s Foxtrot (2019), which was adapted into a partially animated film in 2022.
For the first time, the Opéra de Lausanne and the Grand Théâtre de Genève are joining forces to create this humorous production that will also feature the Théâtre Am Stram Gram. Its director, Lausanne native Joan Mompart – who has a unique knack for putting a sparkle in the eye of young audiences – will oversee the staging of this children’s tale blending nods to video games with a gateway to the imagination. This opera that premiered in London with a libretto by Alasdair Middleton in 2006, will be adapted into French for the first time and performed by an orchestra composed of musicians from the HEMU and the HEM.
Premiered in 2006 at the Young Vic Theatre in London
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French translation by Sabryna Pierre
Musicians from the HEMU and the HEM
The daughter of a musician, Emma Delannoy soon discovered her love of opera singing. At the age of 15, she entered the Geneva Conservatory of Music in Juliette Galstian’s Musimax class. She then joined Hiroko Kawamichi’s singing class at the Haute école de musique de Lausanne, obtaining her bachelor’s degree in June 2020, and joined Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet’s class, graduating with a master’s degree in concert performance in June 2022. In May 2022, she plays La Princesse in Le Chat botté, a creation by Étienne Crausaz and Jacques Doutaz in collaboration with Opéra des Champs. In July 2022, she was Poppea in L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Trentino Music Festival. Since September 2022, she has been a member of the Opéra de Lausanne Chorus, regularly leading its opera workshops. She was Oscar in Un ballo in maschera in January 2023 with Operami. In August 2023, she sings alongside Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and his ensemble I Gemelli at the Festival du Toûno. Alongside her musical career, Emma Delannoy also obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Musicology from the University of Geneva.
At the Opéra de Lausanne: L’Île de Tulipatan (Route Lyrique 2023) and Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon (2023).
Mezzo-soprano Julia Deit-Ferrand trained at the Haute école de musique de Lausanne, where she obtained a soloist’s master’s degree from Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet and a master’s degree in interpretation from Hiroko Kawamichi. At the Grand Théâtre de Genève, she performed the title role in a French adaptation of La Cenerentola, the Mezzo in Der goldene Drache by Péter Eötvös, and Bianca in the young audience creation Rosa Bianca to music by Donizetti. She played Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) under the direction of Leonardo García Alarcón and, at the Nouvel Opéra Fribourg, Berta (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Le Nain Chouquette and Un Animal (Snow White by Marius-Felix Lange), as well as Chérubin (Sholololo!). In the musical comedy repertoire, she plays Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Fantine in Les Misérables and Hattie in Kiss Me, Kate. She puts contemporary creation and performative art forms at the heart of her research, and practices sassy, a style born of urban dance with Lausanne choreographer Daya Jones. She created Laissez durer la nuit, a project based on traditional Turkish and Greek songs and baroque pieces. She performs at L’Arsenic in Lausanne in Louis Bonard’s performance L’Apocalypse, with music by Nicholas Stücklin. She won the young audience prize and the prize for best contemporary interpretation at the Kattenburg competition, and is a laureate of the Fritz Bach Foundation. She won 3rd prize at the Concours international Léopold Bellan in Paris and was a finalist in the Voix Nouvelles competition in Switzerland in 2018. She holds a master’s degree in sociology from the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III). This season, she has just made her debut at Opéra du Rhin in Simon Steen-Andersen’s Don Giovanni’s Inferno (world premiere), as part of the Musica festival, and at Opéra d’Avignon in Die Zauberflöte (Papagena). Future projects include the title role in Handel’s Lotario, Cherubino and a world premiere role.
At Opéra de Lausanne: Le Domino noir (2023)
Carine Séchaye is a mezzo-soprano. She obtained her singing and acting diplomas at the Geneva Conservatory and then perfected her skills at the Zurich International Opera Studio. A recipient of numerous scholarships, she is also the winner of international competitions, including the prestigious Operalia de Placido Domingo. She performs in the roles of Cherubino, Dorabella, Mélisande, Octavian, Mercédès, Rosine, Orlovsky, Berta, Bersi, Sméraldine, la Périchole, Siebel, Sesto, Mallika, l’Enfant, l’Aiglon, Carmen, Stefano, Tebaldo…
He has been heard in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Oman and Japan both in concert and on the opera stages.
Recently, she was in Marseille for La Traviata, followed by Biel and Solothurn for Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) and at the Grand Théâtre de Genève where she recently performed Mercedes in Carmen and Wellgunde (Rheingold and Götterdämmerung). Next she’ll be singing in St. Gallen and Nice in works by Offenbach and Mozart.
At the Opéra de Lausanne : Tom Jones (2006), Le directeur de théâtre (2006), La canterina (2006), Le nozze di Figaro (2007), Carmen (2008), Hansel et Gretel (2014), Faust (2016).
Franco-Swiss tenor Maxence Billiemaz studies singing at the Haute école de musique in Geneva. He has appeared on stage in roles such as. Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) and Bastien (Bastien et Bastienne). He took part in recordings of Saint-Saëns’s Ascanio at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and Erlanger’s La Sorcière at Victoria Hall. He sings as soloist in ensembles such as Cappella Mediterranea, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Chœur de Chambre de Na- mur, Orlando and Les Talens Lyriques. He also performs in musicals such as Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate (as Bill Calhoun) and John Kander’s Cabaret (as Clifford Bradshaw).
At the Opéra de Lausanne: Les Chevaliers de la Table ronde (Route Lyrique 2019), Dédé (Route Lyrique 2021), Werther (2022), My Fair Lady (2022), Cendrillon (2023) and Die Zauberflöte (2024).
Born in Geneva, Joshua Morris received his Bachelor’s degree from the Haute école de musique de Genève in 2016, followed by his Master’s degree from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig in 2018. Since then, he has performed in Switzerland and Germany in many different roles: Il Commendatore and Masetto (Don Giovanni), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Colas (Bastien and Bastienne), Seneca (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Herr Peachum (Die Dreigroschenoper), Zuniga (Carmen), Fasolt (Das Rheingold), Alfred P. Doolittle (My fair Lady), Colline (La bohème), Brundibar, Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia)… He also performs in concert in a lighter repertoire (lied, song, melody), as well as in oratorio. In 2022, he will perform Brahms’ Requiem in Geneva and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Leipzig.
At the Opéra de Lausanne: Doña Francisquita (2020).