Opéra Éclaté
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Opéra Éclaté is a small-scale opera company based in Colomiers
, Midi-Pyrénées
, France.
It was founded in 1985 by Oliver Desbordes, who remains its director, while also undertaking stage direction of many productions. In 1998-99, Opéra Éclaté was recognised by the Ministère de la Culture
as a ‘Compagnie nationale de Théâtre Lyrique et Musical’.
Opéra Éclaté performs in a wide range of venues and aims particularly to engage in outreach toward those who do not normally go to opera.
Each winter 2-3 small-scale original productions are toured in the Midi-Pyrénées region and beyond within France. Over 20 years, 50 productions have been seen in 200 French towns, by 500,000 spectators. There have also been tours to Spain, Switzerland, Slovenia, Tunisia and Morocco.
The 2009 season will be revivals of Le roi Carotte and Berlin Années 20 with La flûte enchantée
.
Opera productions have included:
Music-based spectacles have included:
Colomiers
Colomiers is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.It is the largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, and is adjacent to it on the west side...
, Midi-Pyrénées
Midi-Pyrénées
Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity...
, France.
It was founded in 1985 by Oliver Desbordes, who remains its director, while also undertaking stage direction of many productions. In 1998-99, Opéra Éclaté was recognised by the Ministère de la Culture
Minister of Culture (France)
The Minister of Culture is, in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments; promoting and protecting the arts in France and abroad; and managing the national archives and regional "maisons de culture"...
as a ‘Compagnie nationale de Théâtre Lyrique et Musical’.
Opéra Éclaté performs in a wide range of venues and aims particularly to engage in outreach toward those who do not normally go to opera.
Each winter 2-3 small-scale original productions are toured in the Midi-Pyrénées region and beyond within France. Over 20 years, 50 productions have been seen in 200 French towns, by 500,000 spectators. There have also been tours to Spain, Switzerland, Slovenia, Tunisia and Morocco.
The 2009 season will be revivals of Le roi Carotte and Berlin Années 20 with La flûte enchantée
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
.
Opera productions have included:
- Le roi CarotteLe roi CarotteLe roi Carotte is a 4-act opéra-bouffe-féerie with music by Jacques Offenbach and libretto by Victorien Sardou, after E. T. A. Hoffmann. It premiered at the Théâtre de la Gaîté on 15 January 1872...
- Un Barbier de SévilleThe Barber of SevilleThe Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music...
(after Rossini with recitatives replaced by dialogue by Beaumarchais) - La traviataLa traviataLa traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
- La flûte enchantéeThe Magic FluteThe Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
- CarmenCarmenCarmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
- DédéDédé (opérette)Dédé is an opérette or musical comedy in three acts with music by Henri Christiné and a French libretto by Albert Willemetz. It marked an important milestone in developing the career of Maurice Chevalier.-Performance history:...
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann
- Bastien et Bastienne
Music-based spectacles have included:
- Madame Raymonde Revient!
- Tangos
- Berlin Années 20 (Es liegt in der Luft)
- Dubas de haut, en bas (about Marie DubasMarie DubasMarie Dubas was a music-hall singer, diseuse and comedienne.Born in Paris, France, Marie Dubas began her career as a stage actress but became famous as a singer. Using the great Yvette Guilbert as her model, Dubas started singing in the small cabarets of Montmartre mixing comedy into her routine...
, ‘l’Enfant Terrible of the Music-Hall’) - Schubert/ Cavanna (by Bernard Cavanna)
- Les Eléments Méditerranée (included two world premieres: Trois fragments des Bacchantes by Alexandros Markéas and Cette parole by Zad MoultakaZad MoultakaZad Moultaka is a Lebanese composer and pianist.He attended the Conservatoire de Paris and has played at the Baalbeck International Festival. He worked with Fadia Tomb El-Hage in his 2009 album Visions.-Discography:*Anashid...
)