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L'Opéra de quat'sous (2e série)






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 Théâtre de la Ville
From 1 to 4 April 2010  See performance time    Theatre
  • From Thursday 1 to Saturday 3 April 2010 - 20h30
  • Sunday 4 April 2010 - 15h00

length: 2h55 - Partie 1 : 2h, Entracte : 20', Partie 2 : 35'


Berliner Ensemble Company
Bertolt Brecht Author
Kurt Weill Composer
Robert Wilson Director

L'Opéra de quat'sous (2e série)
In German, french subtitles


Brecht's presentation at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt of his play Mother Courage in 1954 marked a turning point in the history of theatre .in France. As Robert Wilson’s production of the Threepenny Opera comes to the Théâtre de la Ville, new audiences will be able to discover this famous piece performed by the prestigious Berliner Ensemble. The Threepenny Opera is based on The Beggar’s Opera by the English dramatist John Gay (1685-1732), a work which enjoyed a tremendous success in 1728. With his assistant Elizabeth Hauptmann, Brecht rather faithfully followed the original plot and characters. The music is by Kurt Weill. The number of arias is much larger than in most of Brecht’s other works and the show is really close to a genuine musical. The theme mirrors what the Beggar so pointedly declares: “Through the whole piece you may observe such a similitude of manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether, in the fashionable vices, the fine Gentlemen imitate the Gentlemen of the Road, or the Gentlemen of the Road the fine Gentlemen.” Premiered in August 1928 at the Schiffbauerdamm playhouse, the Berliner Ensemble’s present premises, it brought international fame to Bertolt Brecht.

 

François Regnault

 

music
Kurt Weill

acting director, stage set, lights
Robert Wilson

costume designer
Jacques Reynaud

staging collaboration
Ann-Christin Rommen

set collaboration
Serge Von Arx

costume collaboration
Yashi Tabassomi

dramaturgic advices
Jutta Ferbers, Anika Bárdos

lights conception 
Andreas Fuchs

director assistant
Tanja Weidner

set assistant
Daniel Reim

costume assistant
Wicke Naujoks

stage-manager
Harald Boegen, Rainer B. Manja

prompter 
Barbara Matte                                                                                    

technical director
Stephan Besson                                            

brigadier of stage
Eric Witzke

sound
Axel Bramann

lights
Ulrich Eh

chief costumes and makeup
Barbara Naujok

makeup artiste
Ulrike Heinemann

props person
Margit Billib, Matthias Franzke

upholsterer
Dirk Kösling

photographer
Lesley Leslie-Spinks

with
Jürgen Holtz, Traute Hoess, Christina Drechsler, Stefan Kurt, Axel Werner, Anna Graenzer, Angela Winkler, Georgios Tsivanoglou,
Mathias Znidarec, Martin Schneider, Boris Jacoby, Christopher Nell, Dejan Bucin, Jörg Thieme, Uli Plessmann, Heinrich Buttchereit, Janina Rudenska, Ruth Glöss, Ursula Höpfner-Tabori, Anke Engelsmann, Gabriele Völsch, Gerd Kunath, Walter Schmidinger

musician
Ulrich Bartel banjo, violoncelle, guitare, guitare hawaïenne, mandoline
Hans-Jörn Brandenburg harmonium, piano,célesta
Tatjana Bulava bandonéon
Martin Klingeberg trompette
Stefan Rager timbales, percussion
Jonas Schoen saxophones ténor et soprano,clarinette, basson
Benjamin Weidekamp saxophones alto, soprano et baryton
Otwin Zipp trombone, double basse
Jo Bauer son

 
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