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Night Flight, a Literary Stroll
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Night Flight, a Literary Stroll
Adrien Perruchon, Sébastien Hurtaud, Julie Gayet
From Corneille to Saint-Exupéry, the orchestra that created Paul Dukas’s Polyeucte and Gabriel Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande invites you on a journey that brings together great literary and musical texts through opera, stage music, and simple inspiration.
Take off to discover a new work by Argentine composer Claudio Alsuyet based on the novel Night Flight, and land on familiar ground with Bizet’s masterpiece, the most performed French opera in the world!
This program is presented in collaboration with the Festival de Laon and in association with the Cité internationale de la langue française – Château de Villers-Cotterêts, on the occasion of the XIXth Francophonie Summit.
Program and cast
PROGRAM
Paul Dukas, Polyeucte, Overture for Corneille’s Tragedy
Jules Massenet, Le Cid (Excerpts)
Claudio Alsuyet, The Messenger of the Night, for cello, narration, and orchestra, based on Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (World Premiere)
Mel Bonis, Ophelia
Georges Bizet, Carmen Suite No. 1
CAST
Sébastien Hurtaud, cello
Julie Gayet, narrator
Adrien Perruchon, conductor
Orchestre Lamoureux
La Seine Musicale
La Seine Musicale is a music and performing arts center located on Île Seguin an island on the Seine river between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres, in the western suburbs of Paris, France.
Adress: La Seine Musicale, Île Seguin, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Auditorium Patrick Devedjian
Nestled like a gem in a case of glass and wood, the Auditorium Patrick Devedjian is the centerpiece of our building. It can accommodate up to 1,150 spectators and is dedicated to acoustic music, featuring the greatest classical ensembles and musicians, foremost among them the resident orchestra: Insula orchestra.
Its appearance is open to interpretation: a bird's nest, a giant liner, "the ball"...
From the outside, its glass facade is protected and powered by a gigantic array of solar panels that moves in synchronization with the sun, overlooking the concrete liner.
From the inside, the 1,150-seat hall awakens our senses. Dedicated to classical music, jazz, and world music concerts, its light blonde wooden ceiling, cardboard tubes, and paper reveal all the secrets of the excellent acoustics of this stage.
Its Acoustics
Studied by the Nagata and Jean-Paul Lamoureux firm to ensure the best possible sound reproduction for the audience. All precautions have been taken to guarantee exceptional acoustics with the precision of a musical instrument.
Its Design
Modular, its vineyard-style arrangement creates a genuine proximity with the audience surrounding the artists. The interplay of lights, the beauty of materials (wood, mosaics, glass), and the 360° panorama are all designed to match the pleasure of the eyes with that of the ears.
Its design aims to create a sense of visual and acoustic intimacy shared between the audience and the musicians. The atmosphere of the hall is warm, with curved wooden walls and ceiling contributing to the hall’s unique sound identity. Access to the hall is provided on three levels by large suspended walkways offering panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. These are connected by large staircases forming a continuous promenade around the hall.
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