Perrault’s Fairy Tales

Ages 8 and up

To chase away the blues, nothing beats a good fairy tale… In a whimsical crossing of destinies, Perrault’s characters take to the lyric stage for an evening of pure magic, guaranteed to reawaken the child within us all. 

Valérie Lesort has delighted audiences of all ages at the Dijon Opera with the Petite balade aux enfers, then The Little Shop of Horrors. In Perrault’s Fairy Tales, she juggles between Cinderella and Tom Thumb, Little Red Riding Hood and Bluebeard, Morgana le Fay and Prince Charming. In a libretto by Arthur Bernède and Paul de Choudens, the jumbled destinies of these characters are played out to the music of Felix Fourdrain (1880-1923) and the refined charm of La Belle Époque. For this lyric fairy tale blending delicate poetry and theatrical wonder, Julie Camus’ sets transform into a giant “pop-up” book. As for Les Frivolités Parisiennes, they offer—after The Rabbi’s Cat—yet another example of their playful talents, under the baton of the equally unclassifiable and brilliant Dylan Corlay.

Libretto: Arthur Bernède & Paul de Choudens

Musical Director: Dylan Corlay
Orchestra & Choir: Les Frivolités Parisiennes

Stage Director: Valérie Lesort
Set Design & Costumes: Vanessa Sannino
Lighting: Pascal Laajili
Video Creation: Vanessa Sannino, Julie Boissy, Joris Thouvenin
Choreography & Movement: Rémi Boissy
Visual Artist: Carole Allemand
Assistant Director: Florimond Plantier

Characters
Cinderella, Tom Thunb, Little Red Riding Hood: Anaïs Merlin
Morgana le Fay: Julie Mathevet
Puss in Boots: Camille Brault
Olibrius: Romain Dayez
Prince Charming: Enguerrand de Hys
Madame de Houspignoles: Lara Neumann
Javotte: Hortense Venot
Aurora: Éléonore Gagey
Bogeyman, Miller, Usher: Richard Delestre
La Pinchonnière, Bluebeard: Philippe Brocard
Queen Guillaumette: Lucile Komitès
King Guillaume: Geoffroy Buffière

Dancers: Julie Galopin & Benjamin Gouy-Pailler

Coproduction: Les Frivolités Parisiennes (executive producer), Dijon Opera, Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet, Reims Opera, Théâtre Impérial – Compiègne Opera, Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing