LES CHEVALIERS DE LA TABLE RONDE
LES CHEVALIERS DE LA TABLE RONDE . 2014
An opera by Louis-Auguste Florimond Ronger aka Hervé
Libretto written by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru
Musical director: Christophe Grapperon
Stage director, Sets & Costumes: Pierre-André Weitz
Lighting: Bertrand Killy
cast
Rodomont, Duke | Damien Bigourdan
Sacripant, Grand Seneschal | Antoine Philippot
Merlin, enchanter and schoolmaster | Arnaud Marzorati
Médor, young minstrel | Mathias Vidal
Totoche, Duchess (wife to Rodomont) | Ingrid Perruche
Angélique, her stepdaughter (daughter to Rodomont) | Lara Neumann
Mélusine, enchantress | Chantal Santon-Jeffery
Fleur-de-Neige, lady-in-waiting | Clémentine Bourgoin
Roland, knight errant | Rémy Mathieu
Amadis des Gaules, knight | David Ghilardi
Lancelot du Lac, knight | Théophile Alexandre
Renaud de Montauban, knight | Jérémie Delvert
Ogier le Danois, knight | Pierre Lebon
Company Les Brigands
Transcription for 13 singers and 12 instrumentalists by Thibault Perrine
Nicolas Ducloux | piano
Vanessa Ugarte | 1st violin
Anaïs Flores | 2nd violin
Laurent Camatte | viola
Annabelle Brey | cello
Simon Drappier | double bass
Boris Grelier | flute
François Miquel | clarinet
Yannick Mariller | fagotto
Takénori Némoto | horn
André Feydy | trumpet
Eriko Minami | percussion
Musical director | Christophe Grapperon
Stage director | Pierre-André Weitz
Assisted | Victoria Duhamel
Chorus Master | Nicolas Ducloux and Christophe Manien
Movement | Iris Florentin and Yacnoy Abreu Alfonso
Sets & Costumes | Pierre-André Weitz
Assisted | Pierre Lebon and Mathieu Crescence
Lighting | Bertrand Killy
Stage manager | Ingrid Chevalier
New production
Associate producer Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française
Executive producer Compagnie Les Brigands
Co-production Opéra de Reims / Centre des Bords de Marne, scène publique conventionnée du Perreux-sur-Marne / La Coursive – Scène nationale La Rochelle
With the support of Arcadi Île-de-France, SPEDIDAM, ADAMI and DRAC Île-de-France
In partnership with Angers-Nantes Opéra
First performance on November 22, 2015 at the Opéra National de Bordeaux
Decor made by the the Opéra de Reims’ workshops
Video courtesy of CultureBox | France Télévisions
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