Cancellations continue in theaters, as the new wave of Covid-19 contamination continues to progress.
La Seine Musicale, in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), which was to host the ballet “Romeo and Juliet” from January 13 to 22, a long-awaited world creation by choreographer Benjamin Millepied, announced that the show could not “ be maintained ”,“ following government announcements ”which prohibit indoor gatherings of more than 2,000 people.
"The hall has 3,500 seats and nearly 80% of the tickets had been sold, it was not sustainable," says the production.
The performances are rescheduled from September 15 to 24, 2022.
“Cole Porter in Paris” canceled
At the end of December, it is the musical "I am going to love you", inspired by the songs of Michel Sardou which had canceled its January dates in Bordeaux on January 8, Pau on January 15 and Limoges on January 22, for the same reasons. .
“It is not possible to cancel the attendance of more than 6,000 spectators in an arbitrary fashion.
In fact, more than 12,000 people had bought their tickets, ”said producer Roberto Ciurleo.
The dates are postponed to April 29 in Limoges, May 3 in Pau and May 6 in Bordeaux.
Tickets purchased remain valid for the new dates.
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For its part, the Théâtre du Châtelet, which had been able to resume for a few dates "Cole Porter in Paris", including a number of performances for cases of Covid, took the decision to preventively cancel the performances of the "Messiah" initially scheduled from January 19 to 29.
In the staging of the Briton
Deborah Warner, Handel's most famous oratorio was to mobilize more than a hundred people on stage, between singers, choristers, dancers and extras, and as many backstage every evening.
“The displacement of the choir and orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon, of foreign singers, as well as of artists from all over Île-de-France, despite everything we are doing to protect artists and the public, represented a health risk that we preferred not to take ”, indicates the room.
"The new isolation rules are helping us a lot"
For his part, after having canceled fourteen performances just before Christmas following numerous positive cases in his teams, “The Lion King” resumed his roars on December 31 in Mogador.
"We reopened with great pleasure, the new isolation rules are helping us well, it helps reduce isolation", rejoices Laurent Bentata, General Manager of Stage, the producer of the show.
“The luck we had, if I may say so, is that everyone got sick at the same time and that most of them are young and asymptomatic.
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At the Paris theater, "Les Producteurs", the musical by Mel Brooks directed by Alexis Michalik hopes to resume Thursday, January 6.
Having canceled around forty performances in its three theaters since the beginning of December, and almost all of them after Christmas, the Comédie Française will also gradually resume.
We replay this Tuesday evening in the Richelieu room, this Wednesday at the Studio Théâtre, when “Without Family”, at the Vieux Colombier, is due to resume on Friday January 7 for the last three dates.