Based on the same gimmick as Alain Resnais’ film Smoking/No smoking (1993), this play presents its director with one fundamental trial: although the second part of the play initially re-enacts the first, the two plots diverging only when the protagonist says “no”, he must find a way to show us something different. Richard Brunel astutely and successfully meets that challenge.
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In his very first operatic creation, Richard Brunel immerses us into a touching philosophical tale.
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Aptly interpreted by three soloists and thirty children from the children’s choir of the Opéra de Lyon, the two versions of the story segue each other neatly, forming two short parables that make us question the outcomes of our choices.
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Der Jasager/Der Neinsager (He said Yes/He said No)
Kurt Weil
Schuloper (school opera) in two acts
Libretto Bertolt Brecht, inspired by Taniko (Noh play, 15th century)
Music director Jérémie Rhorer
Director Richard Brunel
Set designer Anouk Dell’Aiera
Costume designer Denis Charlemagne
Lighting designer Mathias Roche,
Assistant director Grégoire Aubert
Dramaturg Mari-Noël Rio
Cast
Sophie Van De Woestyne,
Pierrick Boisseau
The young singers of the Maîtrise de l’Opéra de Lyon (children choir)
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon
Produced by the Opéra National de Lyon – TNG, CDN de Lyon – Théâtre de la Renaissance
Remade at the Opéra de Rouen/Haute-Normandie
Musical director: Oswald Sallaberger
Cast
Estelle Kaïque,
Olivier Naveau
And the young singers of the Maîtrise de Seine-Maritime
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen/Haute-Normandie