Welcomed last year with The storm de Shakespeare, a show much appreciated by the public, Sandrine Anglade revisits the famous opera of Georges Bizet by creating A piano in the mountains / Carmen which will be presented as part of the Universes Thursday, 17 and Friday, April 18, at 8 p.m. at the Théâtre de Villefranche.
“I lead my career between theater and the opera, I would like to give the public the opportunity to rediscover this major work of the French repertoire and to make it discover to an audience that does not necessarily go to the opera, she says. The device put in place and all the musical transposition offer the possibility of playing on all possible scenes. We will play almost all of the work “.
There is also from Sandrine Anglade the desire to present this character of Carmen “Who embodies the figure of a free woman, in her female desire. The story of a woman who claims in a society of men his desire and assumes it to the end, until her death“.
“Very generous performers”
Sandrine Anglade is betting on telling the story of Carmen With the complicity of four pianists-singers, four singers-comedians and two players. “Spectators must expect a theatrical and musical party, despite the tragic end of the history of Carmento an extremely joyful evening, filled with a great blower, and a great energy with very generous performers “.
A piano in the mountains / Carmen is also the fruit of a collaboration with Clément Camar-Mercier, “Young and talented translator and playwright as much as the author, which has rewritten a new text from the original booklet”. The show, lasting 2 hours, is accessible from 14 years old.
