Bassem Akiki
on conducting 'On purge bébé!'
LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Opera
On purge bébé ! Philippe Boesmans
Presentation
Constipation is no joke!
Just as Monsieur Follavoine is about to close a deal with the French army for his ‘unbreakable’ chamber pots, Madame Follavoine launches into a spiel about their tyrannical son Toto’s constipation. It is the beginning of a madcap day in which both chamber pots and petit bourgeois façade meet their end. Inspired by Georges Feydeau’s vaudeville, On purge bébé ! is the cheery adieu of composer Philippe Boesmans (1936-2022). An acerbic but also gloriously virtuoso end-of-year comedy for the whole family. Bonne merde!
Dates & tickets
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Location
Prices
Dynamic ticket prices
Starting from € 12 to € 165
-30 years old: € 10 / € 50
Language
Sung in French
Surtitles in Dutch and French
Presentation
Introductory talks 45' before the start of the performance (NL/FR)
Running time
1h 20' (without break)
Opéra en un acte
de Philippe Boesmans
Livret de Richard Brunel
d’après la pièce éponyme de Georges Feydeau
Commissioned by La Monnaie
World premiere
Gallery
Magazine
Dates
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Tue 13 Dec 2022
Time20:00
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Thu 15 Dec 2022
Time20:00
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Fri 16 Dec 2022
Time20:00
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Sun 18 Dec 2022
Time15:00
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Tue 20 Dec 2022
Time20:00
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Fri 23 Dec 2022
Time20:00
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Tue 27 Dec 2022
Time20:00
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Thu 29 Dec 2022
Time20:00
Venue
Cast
Cast
ConductorBASSEM AKIKI DirectorRICHARD BRUNEL
Set designETIENNE PLUSS CostumesBRUNO DE LAVENÈRE LightingLAURENT CASTAINGT DramaturgyCATHERINE AILLOUD-NICOLAS
Bastien FollavoineJEAN-SÉBASTIEN BOU Julie FollavoineJODIE DEVOS Aristide ChouillouxDENZIL DELAERE
CARLOS NATALE (16 & 23.12) Clémence ChouillouxSOPHIE PONDJICLIS Horace TruchetJÉRÔME VARNIER TotoTIBOR OCKENFELSToto (child)MARTIN DA SILVA MAGALHÃES (13, 15, 18, 20.12)
AURÉLIO GAMBOA DOS SANTOS (16, 23, 27, 29.12)
With heartfelt thanks to Sylvain Cambreling for his help
and support to Philippe Boesmans and Benoît Mernier.
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
ProductionLA MONNAIE CoproductionOPÉRA NATIONAL DE LYON
In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter
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