It was December 13, at the Opéra Comique.
An announcement before the Romeo and Juliet
curtain rises
indicated that Jean-François Borras and Julie Fuchs, initially scheduled to sing the title roles, would be replaced (triumphantly!) By Pene Pati and Perrine Madoeuf.
The Covid had brought down the initial distribution like a house of cards.
From the general, in front of 800 people, Eric Ruf, director, had already had to take the place of the singer Jean-François Borras, declared positive, to mimic Romeo in front of a Julie Fuchs forced to sing with a mask.
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The day of the premiere, it was the latter's turn to declare itself positive:
At 2 p.m., I saw two singers disembark that I did not know from Eve or Adam.
I had until 6.30 p.m. to teach them directing
, Ruf recalls.
I knew immediately that the main thing was to trust them.
On paper, we should never have played in these conditions, but we made the bet.
It was not improvisation ...
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