The Paris Olympic Games in 2024 offer us a wonderful opportunity to mix artistic and sporting practices, in a thirst for shared culture. We create a comic opera by thinking about its sporting and eco-responsible variations, to tell the story of the Twelve Works of Hercules, the founding myth of Olympism.
Synopsis: Hercules is ordered to carry out 12 works! By reviewing the greatest tunes of the lyrical repertoire, he must perform 12 tests all more difficult than the others: Defeat the lion of Nemea with Henry Purcell, Hunt the birds of Lake Stymphale with Jean-PaulSébastien Bach, defeat the Hydra of Lerne with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, wash the stables of Augias with Giaccomo Rossini…. And, as the culmination of a quest of himself, celebrate his victory with Lully...
Musical direction: Pauline Warnier & Hélène Clerc-Murgier.