Festival d'Autan – Rigoletto

With RigolettoLa Chambre à Airs tackles Verdi with seriousness… without ever taking itself too seriously. In a concise, lively, and intensely theatrical form, this reinterpretation offers a fresh perspective on one of opera's greatest masterpieces, blending drama, panache, tension… and a touch of mischief. For here, emotion never precludes a smile, and the power of the theatre also knows how to play with irony, rhythm, and the sheer joy of the stage.

Getting as close as possible to the voices, the glances, and the performance, Rigoletto regains all its immediacy: more direct, freer, closer, without losing any of its intensity. An evening where you shiver, where you are swept away, but where you also laugh, carried by a theatrical fantasy that gives the work all its bite, all its vitality and all its brilliance.

Céline Mellon (Gilda), Antoine Hummel (Duke of Mantua), Belinda Kunz (Maddalena/Sparafucile), Rémi Studer (Artistic Director), Alice Szymanski (Flute), Benjamin Miro (Clarinet), Marion Lefort (Bassoon), Adastra Quartet (String Quartet)

Duration: 1h30