Central Brittany: after Covid-19, Lyricism takes to the streets!

A blessing in disguise. Spring 2020, in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine): in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, pianist Robin Le Bervet from Pontivy (Morbihan) and his violinist partner pass the time on their instruments. Friends and neighbors who are singers join them. First in the courtyard of their apartment, then in the street. Spectators flock to the sidewalk opposite, Boulevard de Sévigné. Musical poetry, virtuosity and conviviality. Applause…

The Street Lyrics company…

The same scenario will repeat itself two to three times a week until the summer… The next step is the creation of the Lyrisme de rue company.

A helping hand from the director of the Paris Opera, where the Pontivy virtuoso was selected as singing director for a production at the Palais Garnier, and the association obtained a grant from the Drac (Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs) to stage his show Tell me your loves!

A show selected by the Drac for its Cultural Summer 2024, and which will be presented four times in Central Brittany from Sunday June 30 to Saturday July 6, from Guern (Morbihan) to Guerlédan (Côtes-d’Armor) via Pontivy and Ploemel (Morbihan).

Traveling troupe, trestle theater…

Co-produced by the Rennes Opera, this musical show features the company’s five brilliant artists: pianist Robin Le Bervet, soprano Sarah Robriguez, tenor Flavien Maleval, bass-baritone Aymeric Biesemans and violinist Charlotte Sonnois.

The stage design is reminiscent of trestle theatre and travelling troupes, the director emphasises. The close proximity to the audience allows spectators to immerse themselves in the universe, to become part of the story unfolding before their eyes and around them, and to discover or rediscover great opera arias…

A spectacle that flies in the feathers of the roosters…

The director started with opera arias, musical comedies and melodies that Street Lyric artists had already used in their concerts. Taken out of their operatic context, the director had to arrange them so that they respond to each other, collide and ultimately tell a new story.

An axis quickly emerged. That of the opera and its clichés, love, hatred, betrayal, valets who fall in love with girls destined for others… We tried to give a good kick to these clichés to make them fall away and denounce them…

If you expect to see women who find themselves trapped between two cocks who puff out their chests and boast about winning their hand without worrying about their consent, move on.

But if you want to discover a show that breaks the codes, has fun, dares, and ruffles the feathers of these roosters, then go for it!

Tell me your loves! is playful, scathing, funny and offbeat. The repertoire ranges from tunes heard a thousand times in advertisements to tunes composed especially for the occasion by the company…

Practical. The four performances: in front of the Aux anges café-concert, in Guern, Sunday, June 30, at 4 p.m. (free entry); Place du Martray, in Pontivy, Tuesday, July 2, at 6:30 p.m. (free; you can bring your own folding chairs or cushions); at La Belle Folie, in Ploemel, Thursday, July 4, at 7:30 p.m. (free); at the Casse-Croûte de Landroannec, in Guerlédan, Saturday, July 6, at 5 p.m. (free).

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