A magnificent opera season at the theater of Tours I was honnored to became for the firts time part of this red velvet and golden boat. A kind of a rond dream coming from my childwood.... Many thanks to the artists who performed all year long and to the light engeneers. A standing ovation to the brilliant Philharmonic orchestra of Tours and his director Mr Benjamin Pionnier as to the Chorus directed by Mrs Sandrine Abello. The fantastic work of the Sets team as to the costume team must be mentionned, a special skill from our region. Then, I must insiste on waving the fabulous team in charge of the communication and especially Marie Ostrowsky and Anita Sabo de Sousa as all the Opera team of Tours with whom it was a stimulating pleasure to work with. The musicians are tuning their instruments and its cacophony annonces the curtain lift My heart is growing, I am holding my breath and... FAIRIES OF THE RHINE Jacques Offenbach                   FAIRIES OF THE RHINE Jacques Offenbach
Romantic Opera in 4 acts A german creation february 4th 1864 et Hofoperntheater of Vienna Book of Charles Nuitter and Jacques Offenbach
New production of the Opera of Tours Coproduction with the Theater of Bienne Soleure Orchestra For the firts time, creation in french ! Editions Boosey & Hawkes Edition critic Jean Christophe Keck Add of french version by Christophe Mirambeau
Music director : Benjamin Pionnier Director, sets and costumes : Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau Light ingeneer : Gilles Gentner Video : Charlotte Rousseau Laura / the fairy : Serenad Burcu Uyar Hedwig : Marie Gautrot Conrad von Wenckheim : Jean-Luc Ballestra Franz : Sébastien Droy Gottfried : Guilhem Worms Le paysan / First mercenary : Marc Larcher Second mercenary : Jean-Marc Bertre* Musical studies : Vincent Lansiaux
Chorus of the Opéra of Tours Symphonic Orchestra of Centre-Val de Loire Region/Tours * Artists from the Chorus of the Opéra of Tours THE ITALIANA IN ALGIER Gioachino Rossini                  THE ITALIANA IN ALGIER Gioachino Rossini
Dramma giocoso in 2 acts Created may 22rd 1813 at San benedetto theater of Venice Book of Angelo Anelli
Coproduction National Opêra of Lorraine, Opera-Theater of Metz Metropole
Music director : Sesto Quatrini Director : David Hermann Assistant director : Karin Maria Piening Sets : Rifail Ajdarpasic Costumes : Bettina Walter Light ingeneer : Fabrice Kebour Masks : Cécile Kretschmar
Isabella : Chiara Amarù Mustafà : Burak Bilgilu Lindoro : Mark van Arsdale Elvira : Jeanne Crousaud Taddeo : Pierre Doyen Zulma : Anna Destraël Haly : Aimery Lefèvre
Chorus of the Opera of Tours Symphonic Orchestra of Centre-Val de Loire Region/Tours THE MAGIC FLUTE Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
        THE MAGIC FLUTE Die Zauberflöte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Singspiel in 2 actss Creation september 30th 1791 at Theater auf der Wieden Book from Emanuel Schikaneder
New production of the Opéra of Tours
Musiacal director : Benjamin Pionnier Director : Bérénice Collet Collaboration with the director : Sophie Jacquet Scenography and costumes : Christophe Ouvrard Video : Christophe Waksmann Light ingeneer : Bérénice Collet and Alexandre Ursini
Tamino : Florian Laconi Pamina : Marie Perbost Papageno : Régis Mengus The Queen of the night : Marie-Bénédicte Souquet Sarastro : Jérome Varnier Papagena : Marion Tassou Firts lady : Clémence Garcia Second lady : Yumiko Tanimura Third lady : Delphine Haidan Monostatos : Olivier Trommenschlager Great orator : François Bazola Frist priest / Military man : Camille Tresmontant 3 kids : solistes de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire Francis Poulenc : Lucie Audat-Marquet, Elisa Hervé, Suzanne Miet, Salomé Moreau, Raphaëlle Piraudeau, Josepha Vog Musical studies : Vincent Lansiaux
Chorus of the Opera of Tours Chorus chief : Sandrine Abello Symphonic Orchestra Centre-Val de Loire Region/Tours BERLINER KABARETT SEVEN DEADLY SINS Kurt Weill   
SEVEN DEADLY SINS Kurt Weill
Ballet chanté in 7 scenes Creation on june 7th 1933 at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Textes from Bertolt Brecht Odered by Edward James for the ballets of George Balanchine New production of Opera of Tours Collaboration with Le Quai, Centre dramatique national des Pays de la Loire Musical edition Alphonse Leduc
BERLINER KABARETT Musical director : Pierre Bleuse Director : Olivier Desbordes Costumes : Patrice Gouron Sets : Opéra de Tours Light ingeneer : Joël Fabing Choregraphy and performer : Fanny Aguado
Anna : Marie Lenormand The Mother : Frédéric Caton The Father : Carl Ghazarossian The Brothers : Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Raphaël Jardin
Musical studies : Vincent Lansiaux Symphonic Orchestra of Centre-Val de Loire Region/Tours ANDREA CHÉNIER Umberto Giordano        
ANDREA CHÉNIER Umberto Giordano
Opera in 4 acts Created on march 28th 1896 at La Scala de Milan Book from Luigi Illica
New production of Opéra of Tours Coproduction Opera of Tours - Opera of Nice
Musical Director : Benjamin Pionnier Director : Pier Francesco Maestrini Sets : Nicola Boni Costumes : Luca dall’Alpi Light ingeneer: Bruno Ciulli Choregraphy : Élodie Vella
Andrea Chenier : Renzo Zulian Madeleine de Coigny : Béatrice Uria Monzon Charles Gerard : Marco Caria Bersi : Ahlima Mhamdi La Comtesse de Coigny / Madelon : Christine Tocci Roucher : Marc Scoffoni Mathieu : Pierre Doyen The incredible : Raphaël Jardin Fleville / Fouquier-Tinville : Virgile Frannais The Abbey : Mickaël Chapeau* The maester of the House / Dumas : Jean-Marc Bertre* Schmidt : Olivier Naveau*
Chorus of the Opera of Tours Symphonic Orchestra of Centre-Val de Loire Region/Tours * Artistes du Choeur de l’Opéra de Tours Photographs protected by a copyright . All right reserved to Sandra Daveau If you wish, go to my Contact page for ordering some photographs for your comunication  Watch another Season at the Opera of Tours  View Rigoletto of Giuseppe Verdi
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