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2024 / AROP evening / Opera
08 Oct.

Les Brigands

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    Palais Garnier

    19h30

    Duration
    2h50

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  • 1st part
    19h30
  • Intermission cocktail
    20h30
  • 2nd part
    21h00
  • End of the performance
    22h35

Brigands in search of a new exploit, a Spanish delegation, a massive heist, a not-so-honest cashier, carabinieri who always arrive too late: the ingredients, disguises, twists and turns in Offenbach’s opéra‑bouffe, first performed in 1869 at the Théâtre des Variétés, are so abundant that they make the story utterly extravagant. But little matter! Set to Meilhac and Halévy’s vivacious libretto, the composer of La Belle Hélène serves up a hilarious little gem, all the while mocking the financial circles of the Second Empire.

Absent from the Paris Opera for over thirty years, Les Brigands takes the Palais Garnier for the first time by storm in a new production directed by Barrie Kosky. This aficionado of Offenbach’s music, who sees in this zany comedy a kinship with Dadaism, recreates the rhythm and folly of a joyously amoral society.

Les Brigands

Les brigands - Barrie KOSKY

  • Music

    Jacques Offenbach

  • Conductor
    Stefano Montanari
  • Conductor
    Michele Spotti
  • Chorus master
    Ching-Lien Wu

  • Libretto

    Henri Meilhac

  • Libretto

    Ludovic Halévy

  • Director

    Barrie Kosky

  • Set design

    Rufus Didwiszus

  • Costume design

    Victoria Behr

  • Lighting design

    Ulrich Eh

  • Choreography

    Otto Pichler

  • Dramaturgy and dialogue adaptation

    Antonio Cuenca Ruiz

  • Cashier's monologue

    Sandrine Sarroche

Cast

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Marcel
Beekman

Falsacappa

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Marie
Perbost

Fiorella

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Antoinette
Dennefeld

Fragoletto

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Yann
Beuron

Le Baron de Campo-Tasso

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Laurent
Naouri

Le Chef des carabiniers

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Mathias
Vidal

Le Duc de Mantoue

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Philippe
Talbot

Le Comte de Gloria-Cassis

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Adriana Bignagni
Lesca

La Princesse de Grenade

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Leonardo
Cortellazzi

Carmagnola

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Éric
Huchet

Domino

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Franck
Leguérinel

Barbavano

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Rodolphe
Briand

Pietro

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Ilanah
Lobel-Torres

Zerlina

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Clara
Guillon

Fiametta

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Maria Warenberg

Bianca

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Doris
Lamprecht

La Marquise

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Helene
Schneiderman

La Duchesse

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Luis-Felipe
Sousa

Le Précepteur

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Marine
Chagnon

Cicinella

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Flore
Royer

Adolphe de Valladolid

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Sandrine
Sarroche

Antonio

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Manon
Barthélémy

Sangrietta / Pipa

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Cécile
L’Heureux

Burratina

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Corinne
Martin

Castagnetta / Pipetta

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Victorien
Bonnet

Pizzaiolo

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Nicolas
Jean-Brianchon

Flamenco

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Jules
Robin

Zucchini / Pipo

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Hédi
Tarkani

Siestasubito

The Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

"Les Brigands" will be broadcast live on June 29th at 2:30 pm on Paris Opera Play, the Paris Opera's streaming website, and was broadcast on 19 October 2024 at 8 pm on France Musique in the program "Samedi à l'Opéra", presented by Judith Chaine.

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  • With the generous support of