Die Theater bleiben dicht. L’attente est interminable. Die Arbeit geht weiter. Les beaux jours reviendront.
(The wait is endless. The good days will return.)
Shot in a theatre stripped of its artists and its audience, Nous avons fait la Nuit features mezzo-soprano Sophie Marilley and pianist Florent Lattuga to melodies by Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc. Stage director Béatrice Lachaussée offers a stroll through an empty theatre which appears to have lost its essential purpose.
Nous avons fait la Nuit
Based on melodies by Francis Poulenc and Maurice Ravel
Sung by Sophie Marilley (mezzo-soprano) and Florent Lattuga (piano)
Staged by Béatrice Lachaussée
Titles of pieces:
I. Le Paon - Histoires naturelles, texts by Jules Renard, music by Maurice Ravel
II. Quelle aventure ! - La courte paille, texts by Maurice Carême, music by Francis Poulenc
III. Le grillon - Histoires naturelles, texts by Jules Renard, music by Maurice Ravel
IV. La Reine de cœur – La courte paille, texts by Maurice Carême, music by Francis Poulenc
V. Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant – Fiançailles pour rire, poems by Louise de Vilmorin, music by Francis Poulenc
VI. Nous avons fait la nuit – Tel jour telle nuit, poems by Paul Eluard, music by Francis Poulenc
CAST
Director
Béatrice Lachausséee
Mezzo-soprano
Sophie Marilley
Piano
Florent Lattuga
Stage director assistant and stage management
Lauriane Tissot
Technical management NOF – Nouvel Opéra Fribourg
Alain Menétrey
Technical manager Equilibre
Cécile Mocoeur
Sound capture – Studio Less is more
Fabien Lauton
Technical team
Sergio Almeida, Jakub Dlab, Thierry Oberhofer, Eric Moret
Costumes
Naomi Pürro
Make-up
Marie-Luz Garcia
Film production
Take Off Productions
Film production and editing
Javier Cabrera
Executive production
Arnaud Gariépy
Images
Martin Ureta, Arno Binggeli, Javier Cabrera
Production NOF – Nouvel Opéra Fribourg – Neue Oper Freiburg
Special thanks to Fondation Equilibre and Nuithonie / Groupe E
NOF is supported by:
Fribourg state, Fribourg agglomeration, Loterie Romande, Pro Helvetia, Federal Office of Culture, Corodis, Villars-sur-Glâne municipality, Oertli Fondation, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Léonard Gianadda Fondation, Swiss Performers Fondation SIS, Cercle du NOF
