Lonigan
With a keen sensitivity to the demands and specificities of the American “musical”, and after the triumph of Sondheim’s Follies in 2015, the Opéra de Toulon once again embarked on a Broadway adventure with the French premiere of Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, and brought back for the occasion stage director Olivier Bénézech, a major connoisseur of the genre. A true declaration of love to the city of New-York, Wonderful Town tells the tale, with a boisterous rhythm and vast amounts of jazzy tunes, of two sisters from Ohio looking for success and glory in the big city. Lighter in tone than later works like West Side Story or Candide, its smart combination of the different musical traditions one could hear when wandering in the streets of New-York, its accomplished orchestral writing and colouring, and its vivid sense of comedy earned it no less than five Tony awards when it premiered in 1953.
The Guide
Durante un viaje por España, el azar convierte al escritor francés Prosper Mérimée en testigo de una historia apasionante. La naturaleza libre y enigmática de una mujer llamada Carmen, su belleza meridional, su carácter arrebatado y pasional, hacen que el sargento navarro José se convierta en víctima y protagonista de acontecimientos extraordinarios, de amores y pasiones incontrolables, en una cadena de fatalismo, celos y sangre.
