You have to (re) get used to it.
The return of gauges and health constraints is jeopardizing many artistic representations across France.
This is the case of
Messiah
, the most famous of oratorios written by Georg Handel, which was to be performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris from January 19 to 29, under the direction of Briton Deborah Warner.
It is finally canceled.
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The direction of the theater explains in a press release that "
the displacement of the choir and the orchestra of the Opera of Lyon, of foreign singers, as well as of artists coming from all the Ile-de-France, in spite of everything what we are putting in place to protect artists and the public, represented a health risk that we preferred not to take ”.
Too large numbers and health standards impossible to meet for the theater, which recalls that
"the setting in effect mobilizes more than a hundred people on the set (singers, choristers, dancers and extras) and requires just as much in backstage every evening to ensure the smooth running of the three acts. "
"
All ticket holders for canceled performances will be contacted for reimbursement terms
,
" said
the theater in its press release.
Programming maintained
The rest of the program is (for now) unchanged at the Théâtre du Châtelet.
The year 2022 therefore begins with a sung visit, a first for the theater.
Tour guide and lyric singer Grégoire Ichou will take visitors behind the scenes of the theater on January 9.
On January 12, jazz musician Paul Lay will tackle Beethoven's work, improvised on the piano.
On Saturday January 15, the Châtelet Music Club is back, in an atmosphere between Broadway and Parisian cabarets.
January 22 is dedicated to baroque music with the 30 years of
Talents Lyriques
.
The next day, Sunday January 23, place at the Les P'tits Fauteuils workshop-concert, which will offer various sound experiences.
Finally, on January 28, a small event takes place at the Châtelet.
The 40 years of Sunset, legendary Parisian jazz club, in the presence in particular of Jean-Jacques Milteau, Étienne Mbappé or the Jacky Terrasson Trio.
For any additional information, you can contact the ticketing service by email at relations-publiques@chatelet.com or by phone at 01 40 28 28 40.
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