Sentinels
Premiere on November 10th 2024 at the Opéra de Bordeaux
Coproduction Théâtre National de l'Opéra comique, Opéra de Limoges
Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo and Camille Schnoor
© Frédéric Desmesure
Bordeaux Gazette
"The action, the disappointed or thwarted loves, the very exaggerated but at the same time limpid and simple excesses collide without ever prevailing over a cheap philosophy bordering on indecency. The new opera has arrived!!"
Opera online
"The Sentinels are part of the history of opera, a bit like the works of Giancarlo Menotti did after the war. Slices of daily life and resolutely contemporary, offering beautiful portraits of women (here four from different generations) (...)
The approach seems to have touched the public, and there is no doubt that for the covers, the youth will recognize themselves in a vibrant way. In short, Sentinels to watch closely!
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© Frédéric Desmesure
Sentinels speaks of humans filled with hope who seek how to love for a long time what lasts only an instant, of those who seek to make several loves coexist, and of those for whom the experience of loneliness would become a comfort in the absence of of a happy life for two or more. Because beyond love failures, each figure in the work wonders about the consequences of faulty communication, the social impossibility of building new models of common life, and the reconciliation of desire and responsibilities.
Sentinels traces four moments in life, four charachters of women who fight to find their place in the face of social diktats and the sacrifices imposed on them.
C.Lechat - C.Olivares - R.Blin
Artistic team
MUSICAL COMPOSITION
Clara Olivares
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Lucie Leguay
LIBRETTO AND STAGING
Chloé Lechat
SET DESIGN
Céleste Langrée
LIGHTS
Philippe Berthomé
COSTUMS
Sylvie Martin-Hyszka
VIDEO
Anatole Levilain-Clément
STAGE DIRECTOR ASSISTANT
Joséphine Kirch
©Pierre Planchenault
Distribution
A
Anne-Catherine Gillet
B
Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo
C
Camille Schnoor
E
Noémie Develay-Ressiguier
Anne-Catherine Gillet in the role of A
© Frédéric Desmesure
Anne-Catherine Gillet and Noémie Develay-Ressiguier,
copyright Frédéric Desmesure
Transfuge
"The action, the disappointed or thwarted loves, the very exaggerated but at the same time limpid and simple excesses collide without ever prevailing over a cheap philosophy bordering on indecency. The new opera has arrived!!"
Opera online
"The Sentinels are part of the history of opera, a bit like the works of Giancarlo Menotti did after the war. Slices of daily life and resolutely contemporary, offering beautiful portraits of women (here four from different generations) (...)
The approach seems to have touched the public, and there is no doubt that for the covers, the youth will recognize themselves in a vibrant way. In short, Sentinels to watch closely!
Le Populaire
"Dans des temps futurs, puissent cette œuvre aller raconter certaines affres et problématiques de l'amour au début du XXIème siècle, comme Carmen ou La Traviata le font aujourd'hui pour d'autres époques. Il existe dans Les Sentinelles une forme de continuité en termes d'héritage sur ce qui s'est fait par le passé sur le thème de l'amour."
