Name: Juliette Ou La Clé Des Songes
Start: 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opera Nice Côte d'Azur

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Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur

Conductor

Anthony Hermus

Stage director

Jean-Philippe Clarac

Olivier Deloeuil

Set designer

Costume designer

Assistant Set designer

Christophe Pitoiset

Lighting designer

Video designer

Pascal Boudet

Dramaturge

Luc Bourrousse

Singer

Soprano

Ilona Revolskaya

Julietta

Tenor

Valentin Thill

Michel

Jeremy Duffaut

Postman

Le commissaire

Jérémy Duffau

Le Garde Forestier

Marina Ogii

Old woman

Mezzo-soprano

Fishmonger

Baritone

Louis Morvan

Man with helmet

Bass

Old Man

Beggar

Paul Gay

The man in the window

Trader memories

Convict

Oleg Volkov

Old Arab

Nightwatchman

Ancient mariner

Orchestra

Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

Others

Nice Opera Choir

French

Juliette Ou La Clé Des Songes

Nice

France

Opera Nice Côte d'Azur

Public

Rahul Solomon

English

Approved

Michel, a travelling salesman, spends one day in a small coastal town in the south of France. He discovers a young woman whose memory will haunt him forever, until he decides to return to the town in search of the beautiful stranger.

Inspired by a drama by the surrealist poet Georges Neveux, Martinů's Juliette ou la Clé des songes explores the issues of love and memory, in a world where memories can be bought from a shopkeeper! With poignant poetry, the Czechoslovak composer probes the intricacies of the human psyche, questioning the boundaries between reality and dream, playing on different levels of consciousness to question our relationship to the world and to each other. It's a rare opera, full of raw sensitivity, tenderness and humanity, a far cry from the usual surrealist poches.

Playing the roles of Michel and Juliette are two of the most promising artists of the younger generation, Ilona Revolskaya and Valentin Thill, conducted by one of the finest specialists in the 20th century repertoire, Anthony Hermus. The production is directed by two artists who are now well known to our company: Jean-Philippe Clarac and Olivier Delœuil.

Michel, un commis-voyageur, passe un jour dans une petite ville côtière du Sud de la France. Il y découvre une jeune femme, dont le souvenir va le hanter pour toujours.Jusqu’au moment où il se décide à repartir dans cette petite ville, à la recherche de la belle inconnue.

S’inspirant d’un drame du poète surréaliste Georges Neveux, Martinů explore avec Juliette ou la Clé des songes les questions de l’amour et de la mémoire,dans un monde où les souvenirs s'achètent auprès d’un marchand ! Avec une poésie poignante, le compositeur tchécoslovaque sonde les méandres de la psyché humaine, s’interrogeant sur les frontières entre le réel et le rêve, jouant des différents niveaux de conscience pour questionner notre rapport au monde et à l’autre. Un opéra rare, d’une sensibilité à fleur de peau, d’une tendresse et d'une humanité bien loin des habituelles pochades surréalistes.

Pour incarner Michel et Juliette, deux artistes parmi les plus prometteurs de la jeune génération, Ilona Revolskaya et Valentin Thill, dirigés par l’un des meilleurs spécialistes du répertoire du XXe siècle, Anthony Hermus. À la mise en scène, deux artistes désormais bien connus de notre maison : Jean-Philippe Clarac et Olivier Delœuil.

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Juliette Ou La Clé Des Songes by Martinů, Tue 11 Mar 2025, From (2025/2025), Directed by Jean-Philippe Clarac, Olivier Deloeuil,, Conductor Anthony Hermus, Opera Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France

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