Bartók’s music gives me a genuine frisson.
– Christophe Coppens
LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Opera
Bluebeard's Castle & The Miraculous Mandarin Béla Bartók
Presentation
‘Hopes, chimeras, distant mysteries... What does this story tell us?’ The Prologue to Bluebeard’s Castle invites us to consider the work as a mysterious adventure punctuated by the opening of castle doors, each opening on another world, allowing Bartók to write layered and evocative music. The conductor Alain Altinoglu and director Christophe Coppens, who made his opera debut at la Monnaie with a staging of The Cunning Little Vixen, guide our wanderings. After the intimate Bluebeard’s Castle, the same team also presents The Miraculous Mandarin, a torrid pantomime by Bartók whose main character is a prostitute. In the tumult of the city, she attempts to rob one of her clients, an invulnerable mandarin, who will only succumb to the embrace of the woman. Thus, in an atmosphere of violence and mystery, two couples follow one after the other ... unless of course they are but two facets of the same couple?
synopsis
Two works one after the other on the same evening, two works which traverse the caverns of the human soul and its phantasms. In the opera, Bluebeard allows his new wife to enter his castle. She is determined to fathom her husband’s past and expose the hidden crannies of his mind. Eventually she discovers Bluebeard’s three previous wives, asleep, and she joins them in the darkness.
The pantomime ballet The Miraculous Mandarin tells of a prostitute and her client, a vulnerable mandarin. Though her pimps try to murder him, he will only succumb in the woman’s embrace.
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Dates & tickets
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Prices
Ticket sale starts on 24.04.2018
Location
Running time
2 hours (with interval)
Language
Sung in Hungarian
Surtitles in Dutch and French
Presentation
Pre-performance talks 30' before the start of the performances
Prices
Ticket prices from € 10 to € 149
-30 years old: € 10 / € 50
-15 years old: € 10 / € 25
Streaming
broadcast on Klara & Musiq3
23.06.2018
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www.lamonnaie.be/en/streaming
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In the spotlightDates
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Fri 08 June 2018
Time20:00
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Sun 10 June 2018
Time15:00
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Wed 13 June 2018
Time20:00
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Sat 16 June 2018
Time20:00
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Tue 19 June 2018
Time20:00
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Thu 21 June 2018
Time20:00
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Sun 24 June 2018
Time15:00
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Cast
Cast
Musical directionALAIN ALTINOGLU
Direction & costumesCHRISTOPHE COPPENS
Set designCHRISTOPHE COPPENS & I.S.M.ARCHITECTEN
LightingPETER VAN PRAET
VidéoJEAN-BAPTISTE PACUCCI, SIMON VAN ROMPAY
Chorus masterMARTINO FAGGIANI
Bluebeard’s Castle
PrologueGÁBOR VASS
A kékszakállú hercegANTE JERKUNICA
JuditNORA GUBISCH
The Miraculous Mandarin
First prostituteVINCENT CLAVAGUERA-PRATX
Second prostituteMERCHE ROMERO
Third prostituteBRIGITTA SKARPALEZOS
The pimpDAN MUSSETT
An old manNORBERT DE LOECKER
A young manAMERIGO DELLI BOVE
A MandarinJAMES VU ANH PHAM
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
ProductionLA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
News
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Radio broadcast of 'Bluebeard’s Castle' & 'The Miraculous Mandarin'
More info on Musiq3Our production of Bluebeard’s Castle & The Miraculous Mandarin will be broadcasted on radio Klara and on radio Musiq’3 on Saturday 23 June at 8pm.
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