La Chute des Anges – Raphaëlle Boitel
auditOrium — circus / ages 8 and up
· Wed. Oct. 7, 8pm, Thu. Oct. 8, 8pm — category B / 1h10
On the ground and in the air, the acrobats of The Fall of the Angels evolve in a cinematic and tragicomic atmosphere, reclaiming their freedom. Before staging the opera Ercole amante, to be discovered in May, Raphaëlle Boitel presents here one of the productions that brought her to prominence.
Carrousel – Anna Bernreitner
auditOrium — musical theatre / ages 4 to 10
· Sat. Dec. 19 & Sun. Dec. 20, 10am, 10:40am, 11:20am, 3pm, 3:40pm and 4:20pm — category E (free for up to 2 adults per child) / 20 min.
Somewhere between pocket opera and merry-go-round horses, Carousel invites children on a ride unlike any other. A festive experience centered around the repertoire of Jacques Offenbach.
Le Roi et l’Oiseau – Chapelier Fou
auditOrium — cine-concert / ages 7 and up
· Sat. Dec. 19, 6pm, Sun. Dec. 20, 6pm — category E / 1h30
With his enhanced string quartet, musician Chapelier Fou offers an inventive reinterpretation of the music from The King and the Mockingbird, a timeless masterpiece to (re)discover as a cine-concert.
Les Oiseaux fantastiques – Trio Arcadis, Grégoire Pont
auditOrium — illustrated concert / ages 7 and up
· Wed. Feb. 17, 3pm & 6pm — category E / 50 min.
The lively music performed by Trio Arcadis is matched by the swirling inventiveness of live animated illustrations. Fantastic Birds taking flight at the highest level!
L’Avare – Francesco Gasparini
auditOrium — intermezzo / ages 8 and up
· Tue. Mar. 3, 8pm, Thu. Mar. 4, 8pm — category A / 1h15
A singing Harpagon: such is Gasparini’s The Miser, a lyrical variation on Molière’s comedy. A streamlined adaptation at that, with three acts instead of five, and four characters rather than a dozen — “A plague on avarice and the avaricious!”
Clivages – Séverine Coulon
La Minoterie — evocative theatre / ages 7 and up
· From Fri. Mar. 12 to Sat. Mar. 20 — ticket office: La Minoterie and Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne / 45 min.
Opéra de Dijon joins forces with La Minoterie and Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne, National Drama Centre, for the next creation by Compagnie Les Bas-bleus: an opportunity to discover an exclusive recording by the Opéra Chorus set to original music composed by Sébastien Troester. To be experienced at La Minoterie!
Cine-Concert: Microcosmos, le peuple de l’herbe – Liochka Massabie
auditOrium — cine-concert / ages 7 and up
· Fri. Mar. 26, 7pm — category D / 1h15
A cult classic of wildlife cinema, Microcosmos: The People of the Grass is screened on the grand stage of the Opéra de Dijon with the original soundtrack performed live. A deeply magnified dive into the tiny creatures inhabiting the flora around us.
Nos matins intérieurs – Collectif Petit Travers & Quatuor Debussy
auditOrium — circus & music / ages 7 and up
· Sat. Apr. 3, 8pm, spontaneous surprises from 7pm — category C / 1h20
An enchanting wandering journey into the heart of juggling practice, Our Inner Mornings weaves together a mosaic of singular stories and a collective portrait, set to music by the Quatuor Debussy.