Traviata, You deserve a better future

You deserve a better future 

From Giuseppe Verdi's Traviata

Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord – one of Paris' most famous theatres and place of numerous creations by Peter Brook - brings a magnificent theatre adaptation of Verdi's work to the stage.

"Spectators are invited to behold Violetta's intimacy, to witness from up close the fire in which she abandons herself among the guests of this musical and phantasmagorical celebration, where the distinctions between theatre and opera, speaking and singing voices, instrumentalists and singers are blurred, where Baudelaire sits with Tarkos and the ghosts of this Paris, inhabited by us in the future and in the thralls of industrial growth, meet their demise. Benjamin Lazar

conception Benjamin Lazar, Florent Hubert and Judith Chemla

direction Benjamin Lazar

musical arrangement and direction Florent Hubert and Paul Escobar

singing master Alphonse Cemin

set Adeline Caron

costumes Julia Brochier

lighting Maël Iger

hair and make-up Mathilde Benmoussa

assistant director Juliette Séjourné

assistant set designer Nicolas Brias and Fanny Commaret

with Florent Baffi / the doctor, Damien Bigourdan / Alfredo Germont, Jérôme Billy / Giorgio Germont, Emmanuelle Brunat / clarinet, Emile Carlioz / chorus and the baron Douphol, Renaud Charles / flute, Elise Chauvin / Flora Bervoix and Anina, Judith Chemla / Violetta Valéry, Myrtille Hetzel / cello, Bruno Le Bris / double bass, Gabriel Levasseur / accordion, Sébastien Llado / trombone, Marie Salvat / violin

a C.I.C.T. production – Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord

coproduction Théâtre de Caen; Espace Jean Legendre, Théâtre de Compiègne - scène nationale de l'Oise en préfiguration; Le Parvis - scène nationale de Tarbes-Pyrénées; le Théâtre - scène nationale Mâcon-Val de Saône; TANDEM scène nationale; Théâtre Forum Meyrin/Genève; Le Moulin  du Roc-scène nationale de Niort; Théâtre de l'Incrédule; Cercle des partenaires des Bouffes du Nord