2023-05-04 15:34:32
“Feeding the world of tomorrow”… The ambition is vast for the 16th edition of Tous à l’Opéra! scheduled for May 5, 6 and 7. “Greening operatic productions”, “open the door to protean creations”… “The stakes are high; it is a question of demolishing the belief, tenacious, although weakened, according to which the world of the Opera would have disconnected from society”indicates in the program the Réunion des Opéras de France.
Nearly 30 institutions from this collective are taking part in the operation, more than ever anxious to make themselves better known – and loved – by the general public, in a worrying economic context. Many houses, from Lyon to Rouen and from Bordeaux to Strasbourg, have had to reduce their programming, or even resolve to partially close their rooms, faced with rising costs (energy in particular), while revenues and subsidies are stagnating.
Behind the scenes, participatory workshops and escape game
On this spring weekend, it’s time for celebration rather than gloom. Operas compete in imagination to seduce all generations and involve them in the “factory” of choreographic and lyrical magic. Here are some of their initiatives.
► To Avignon, technology and environmental concern will come together. Here, a “BAO-PAO Workshop”, namely computer-assisted Baguette – chip in the ear, aimed in particular at the disabled public. Another workshop invites parents and children to create costumes from recycling.
►À Clermont-Ferrandthe curious will be invited to a scientific deciphering of the secrets of the voice, thanks to “original demonstrations and experiments” to understand the notions of pitch, frequency, sound volume, amplitude, timbre…
►À Dijonafter visiting the backstage of the Opera, the public will discover the exhibition of models of the “Scenographic Challenge” produced by four middle school classes as well as costumes made by the multi-purpose school Henri-Moisand.
►À Marseillefocus on dance with two participatory workshops around the show Room With a View of (The) Horde. The choreographic collective will discuss with amateurs around “the emancipatory possibilities of the body in a troubled political and ecological context, faced with the collapse of life and biodiversity as well as the questioning of systems of oppression”.
►À Massythe most adventurous will dare without complex to give voice within the workshop “Let’s sing around the Contes d’Hoffmann », Jacques Offenbach’s opera. An initiative in preparation for the Bus Opéra, a participatory open-air opera. Director Julien Lamour and conductor Franck Chastrusse-Colombier will be in charge.
►À Montpelliersound producer Chloé Kobuta, author of the podcast Drama at the Operawill add five new episodes to this great series, to discover from May 5 on the Ausha platform.
►À Rennes, the mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac, godmother of this 2023 edition, will give the inaugural recital of the event. During the weekend, a special focus on sets and costumes, with a sale during which everyone can set their sights on such an evocative dress or accessory.
►À Vichythe delightful Opera multiplies the proposals: exhibitions, workshops, ball and even an Escape Game entitled The Mastersinger, intended for everyone from 12 years old. The enigma will lead the teams of players through the corridors, backstage, dressing rooms and other corners of the theatre!
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