From the first paintings, we recognize the characteristic touch of the prolific Laurent Pelly: a clever mix of old and new, dream and reality.
The director manages to make this account, inspired by Perrault, crystal clear, where a lackey becomes a prince and a servant princess.
"
A very complicated story which the more you untangle it the more you get tangled up
", warned Ferreti's libretto.
And even if we all know the end of it, we remain captivated.
Read also: Coronavirus: in Madrid, an opera stopped in full performance after complaints from spectators
First of all, because the whole is sung to perfection, by Anna Goryachova in the role of Angelina the servant and Edgardo Rocha in that of Don Ramiro, the lover.
Also because Laurent Pelly has particularly worked on the gestures of his actors.
He plays contrasts in a remarkable way: sometimes the artists move in a very theatrical way, sometimes they observe an almost total immobility to better accentuate the drama.
Of course, the roles sometimes border on caricature, but here we are in the purest opera-bouffe, faithful to the spirit of Rossini.
Chantal Thomas' sets are very cleverly designed.
A back and forth of podiums
We are witnessing a back and forth of podiums, "
practicable
" would say the entertainment professionals, which slide from the wings to the stage according to the needs of the action.
If, in this three-hour show, act one is very innovative in its way of treating the drama, after the intermission we are in a conception which, if it is daring in the choice of colors, nevertheless remains more traditional.
Finally, for those who could not make it to Geneva, know that the troop will migrate in December to Valencia in Spain.
September 26 (+41.22.322.50.50.)