THE BOURGEOIS GENTLEMAN
With Musée en musique Comédie-ballet by Lully and Molière By Le Poème Harmonique Vincent Dumestre, conductor; Benjamin Lazar, directed “[…] Total entertainment is magical. Carried by the flickering light of artificial candles that illuminate the faces of the actors, the decor, the costumes, the greedy play of the actors, the magic of a text declaimed with the pronunciation of yesteryear, the baroque lyricism of Lully, Molière flies away. […]” Christian Merlin
This creation of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme by the Poème Harmonique in 2004 was acclaimed by the spectators and gave rise to about fifty performances. Invited to rediscover our child’s soul, we rediscover Molière by becoming aware of its astonishing modernity. Theatre, music and dance come together to give, again and again, to read and dream. As part of the quadricentenary of Molière’s birth