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Our review of Coups de roulis by André Messager: stroke of genius!

2023-03-15T14:55:17.117Z


CRITICISM – At the Athénée, Les Frivolités parisiennes sign with the last work of André Messager one of the best resurrections of operettas of the last ten years.


Gone are the dreams of permission.

Everyone on the bridge.

Three days before Christmas, the parliamentarians sent their high commissioner, the Puydomois Puy Pradal, and his secretary, to inspect the Montesquieu from head to bow.

Talk about a giveaway!

On the battleship, there is panic on board.

Pradal is a licensed slayer of military mismanagement.

The Navy's budget will take a hit.

Commander Gerville begs his sailors not to make waves.

When he discovers that the parliamentary secretary is none other than his daughter (the story is not new), it's the pompom.

Fortunately, Pradal does not have sea legs.

The crew will be able to count on a few roll strokes to send their economy plans to the bottom of the hold.

What had he come to do in this mess?

The buxom Sola Myrrhis, a very hot Cairotte star, deals her the coup de grace… While her daughter Béa succumbs to love at first sight at the hands of Gerville and the suitor aspirant Kermao.

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Never have we laughed so much in an operetta…

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Source: lefigaro

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