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Le Colibri (The Hummingbird)

Saturday

07.05.2022

11:00 — Victoria Hall

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Programme

Elisa Shua Dusapinlibretto

Christophe Sturzeneggermusic

Joan Mompartstage director

Mathieu Fernandez-VillacanasClémentine Le BasMatteo Prandicomedian

Le Colibri (World premiere)


Commissioned and produced in collaboration with the Théâtre Am Stram Gram (libretto) and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (music)

The music

Joan Mompart presents Le Colibri (The Hummingbird), his first commission as director of the Théâtre Am Stram Gram, uniting composer Christophe Sturzenegger and writer Élisa Shua Dusapin. Faithful to his fondness of music and literature, Mompart introduces his long-standing musical companion to Dusapin, a fascinating young swiss writer and winner of the Robert Walser Prize and Prix Suisse de Littérature.

The work seizes a fragment from the life of two teenagers, Lotte and Célestin, who are neighbours for a couple of weeks. Between love and friendship, loneliness and the desire for company, the loss of loved ones and childhood illusions, Le Colibri weaves a story of fractures and links to give meaning to the untold as it spreads its wings.

The venues

OSR Live

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Modest Mussorgsky

Night on the Bare Mountain

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 30 November 2018 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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Maurice Ravel

Boléro

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 15 November 2017 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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