“Boris Godunov” at the Champs Elysées theater
It is in its initial version from 1869 that
Boris Godunov,
the pinnacle of Russian Opera, is presented at the Théâtre des Champs Élysées.
Inspired by a play by Pushkin, this opera - Mussorgsky's only completed opera - was rejected by the censors, then re-orchestrated.
It is both a reflection on the solitude and desire for power of men of power and on the manipulation and enslavement of people.
Olivier Py (whose film,
Molière Imaginaire,
has just been released in theaters) is making his first production of Mussorgsky's work.
At the helm, Latvian conductor Andris Poga at the head of the Orchester National de France.
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Boris Godounov
, 5 performances from February 28 to March 7, 2024, theatredeschampselysees.fr
Stephan Eicher at the Olympia
Stephan Eicher Annik Wetter/SP
In his forty career, Stephan Eicher, the Bob Dylan of German-speaking Switzerland, has taken the time to explore several musical universes, as comfortable in the gypsy music of his family origins as in the electro of his beginnings (
Songs bleues
, 1983), rock (
Engelberg
, 1991) and folk (
L’envolée,
2012).
After the tour
The raft of the useless
, in 2021, where He sang with his four musicians on a real wooden raft, the polyglot artist crosses Belgium, France and Switzerland until May 25 for an
Et voilà tour,
which allows him to perform the twelve magnificent pieces from his new album,
Ode
, most of the lyrics of which were obviously written by Philippe Djian.
But also to revisit some of his successes (
Lunch in Peace
, still as relevant as ever).
On the menu, elegance, lightness, tender surrealism and nods to Leonard Cohen.
But, as usual, no reminder planned.
In concert on February 27, 28, 29 at olympiahall.com
Mohammed Bourouissa at the Palais de Tokyo
Mohamed Bourouissa Daniel Roché, Mohamed Bourouissa Studio Bourouissa/SP
The exhibition was almost called
Seum
(bitterness in Arabic)
.
Signal
, more consensual, was chosen as the title for the first retrospective in a national institution by Mohammed Bourouissa, born in Algeria, in Blida in 1978, who lives and works in Gennevilliers.
We find his favorite themes there: the confinement of bodies, the representation of identities, the control of language, care through plants, music... Alongside his Cloud Museum, a collective project with Gazan artists, his new film
Genealogy of Violence
(2023, 2024) is projected in a room.
Or how he dissects the mechanics of a police check and reveals the interiority of a threatened body.
In just a few images, it says it all!
Mohammed Bourouissa, Signal,
until June 30, 2024, Palaisdetokyo.fr
“
Le Silence”, a manifesto piece at Vieux-Colombier
The silence Jean-Louis Fernandez/SP
The “Vieux-co” created by Jacques Copeau more than a century ago (which has been part of the Comédie-Française rooms since its reopening in 1993), surprises with its radicality.
Here it is again an arthouse theater with
Le Silence
, a play by Guillaume Poix and Lorraine de Sagazan, which is inspired by Antonioni's films.
This creation erases the text and erases what constitutes theater.
She is the ghost of a room with five mute (or almost) characters and a dog.
The language is elsewhere.
It comes from gestures, from past improvisations, from the unconscious of the actors.
Black and white images are projected simultaneously.
Each spectator fills the story between disappearance, solitude and impermanence of perception.
A tour de force!
The Silence
, until March 10, 2024, comediefrancaise.fr
Solo theater in Literary Hotels
Literary Hotels SP
Since 2017, the Hôtels Littéraires have hosted theatrical evenings in their Parisian lounges.
The formula hits the mark: one performer, one piece, one hour.
A short and effective format, organized by Les Livreurs, professional readers.
Either a stand-up which (re)discovers classic or contemporary pieces to a wide audience.
Neither decor nor props but the naked voice, a vehicle of emotions and style.
On the program, on February 29,
Dom Juan
by Molière at the Hôtel
Marcel Aymé
, on March 7,
Carmen
by Prosper Mérimée at the Hôtel
Arthur Rimbaud,
On March 21,
The Important of Being Constant
by Oscar Wilde at the 'Hotel
Le Swann
, etc.…Here we go.
To find out more: leslivreurs.com