Le Château des Carpathes

from age 12 

A forgotten gothic masterpiece by Jules Verne, Le Château des Carpathes returns in an operatic version of musical theatre led by Emilie Capliez. The show combines technology with the supernatural, in a mix that is constantly surprising and festive.

Perched high above a village in Transylvania, the Castle of the baron of Gortz fills the villagers with fear. It is said that the ghost of La Stilla, a singer who died just before her marriage, inhabits the castle, manifesting in strange apparitions. When Franz, her former fiancé, sets out to learn the truth, he is unaware that he will confront a mystery at the crossroads of science and magic ... In this novel, Jules Verne has plenty of fun mixing thrills and chills with rational explanations. And it is in this same spirit that Émilie Capliez offers the story a pallet of spectacular visual effects, where video images bring to the stage the enigmatic ghost, while jazz composer Airelle Besson creates a subtext for the tale with a score that alternates between mystery, tenderness and suspense.

Text Jules Verne

Stage direction Émilie Capliez
Musical composition Airelle Besson
Adaptation Émilie Capliez 
in collaboration with Agathe Peyrard
Scenography Alban Ho Van 
Lighting Kelig Le Bars
Video Pierre Martin Oriol
Sound creation Hugo Hamman
Costumes Pauline Kieffer 
Musical dramaturgy Solène Souriau

Avec François Charron, Emma Liégeois, Fatou Malsert, Rayan Ouertani, Jean-Baptiste Verquin, Julien Lallier (piano), Adèle Viret (cello), Oscar Viret (trumpet)

Production Comédie de Colmar - CDN Grand Est Alsace
Coproduction Théâtre National Populaire - Villeurbanne, Théâtre de Lorient - CDN, Les Gémeaux - Scène nationale de Sceaux, Théâtre du Jeu de Paume - Aix-en-Provence, Théâtre des Quartiers d’Ivry - CDN du Val-de-Marne

Projet partagé avec le Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne

^{Photo © Simon Gosselin}