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Festival Jean de La Fontaine
2008 Programme

Friday May 16 : 7.00pm - Médiathèque Jean Macé (Château-Thierry) (Free entrance)
Exhibition preview

Friday May 16 : 8.00pm - Chapelle de la Benoîte Madeleine (Château-Thierry) (Free entrance)
Philippe Cantor (baryton) and Sophie Rives (piano)
A co-production City of Château-Thierry - Festival Jean de La Fontaine

Saturday May 17 : 3.30pm - Musée Jean de La Fontaine (Château-Thierry) (Free entrance)
" FURETIERE, LA FONTAINE, ET L'AFFAIRE DU DICTIONNAIRE "
Conference by
Yves Tarantik, board member of Société des Amis de Jean de La Fontaine

Saturday May 17 : 5.00pm - Espace Estruch, Lycée Jean de La Fontaine (Château-Thierry) (C Rate)
" DE HUMANIS HUMORIBUS "
Furetière ou les humeurs baroques
Creation
Direction Jean-Denis Monory, choreography Caroline Ducrest
Jean-Denis Monory (actor), Compagnie de Mars (direction : Boris Benezit)

Saturday May 17 : 8.30pm - Palais des Rencontres (Château-Thierry)
" UN ORCHESTRE EN REGION "
James Dick (piano) and Orchestre de Picardie (direction : Pascal Verrot)
140th anniversary of Union Musicale de Château-Thierry

Sunday May 18 : 5.00pm - Cellier Pannier (Château-Thierry) (B Rate)
Pocket opera, after " Fairy Queen " by Henry Purcell
Creation
Direction Julien Parent
Betsabée Haas (soprano), Bernard Arrieta (baryton), Ensemble RosaSolis, and actors from Compagnie Blow Up, Set et Match

Tuesday May 20 : 8.45pm - Palais des Rencontres (Château-Thierry)(A Rate)
" LE SONGE D'UNE NUIT D'ETE " (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Comedy by William Shakespeare
Directed by Anthony Magnier
Companies Viva la Commedia and Les Arlequins en Nord

Friday May 23 : 8.45pm - Eglise Saint-Crépin (Château-Thierry) (B Rate)
Creation Stage design by Nathalie Perrier
Valérie Gabail (soprano), Julie Gros de Gasquet (actress) and Ensemble Amarillis (direction Héloïse Gaillard and Violaine Cochard)

Saturday May 24 : 8.45pm - Eglise abbatiale Saint-Ferréol (Essômes-sur-Marne) (C Rate)
Vocal ensemble from Thüringen (direction : Sven Werner)

GUIDED VISIT OF THE HOTEL-DIEU TREASURY
by Association Arts et Histoire

Sunday May 25 : 5.00pm - Médiathèque Jean Macé (Château-Thierry) (Free entrance)
Conference given by
Mathilde Badoul, Aurélie Carnat, Ophélie Léal, students at the Musicology Master degree of Reims Champagne-Ardenne University, under direction of Bertrand Porot , musicologist and lecturer at Reims Champagne-Ardenne University

Sunday May 25 : 8.45pm - Chapelle de l'Hôtel-Dieu (Château-Thierry) (B Rate)
Creation II, directed by Louise Moaty
Camille Poul (soprano), Jean-François Novelli (tenor), Arnaud Marzorati (bass)
Ensemble Lunaisiens
A co-production City of Château-Thierry - Festival Jean de La Fontaine

Wednesday May 28 and Thursday May 29 : 8.45pm - Chapelle de la Benoîte Madeleine (Château-Thierry)(C Rate)
A musical and choreographic Creation
Compagnie Le Guetteur (direction : Luc Petton) and Sophie Rives (piano)
A co-production City of Château-Thierry - Festival Jean de La Fontaine
A show created for the commemoration of Olivier Messiaen's birth centennial

Friday May 30 : 8.45pm - Cellier Pannier (Château-Thierry)(A Rate)
Eight centuries of french songs from the 13th to the 21st century
Show design by Marco Horvat
Sapho (singer) and Ensemble Faenza (direction : Marco Horvat)

Saturday May 31 : 8.45pm - Eglise de Villiers St Denis (C Rate)
Barbara Kusa (soprano), Les Musiciens de Mars (direction : Boris Benezit)

GUIDED VISIT OF THE HOTEL-DIEU TREASURY
by Association Arts et Histoire

Sunday June 1st : 3.00pm (rehearsal, young audience) and 5.00pm (concert) - Eglise Saint-Crépin (Château-Thierry)(Special Rate)
Opus by Giacomo Puccini
Patrick GARAYT (tenor), Jean-Louis SERRE (baryton), Orchestre Symphonique du Campus d'Orsay and five choirs including Chœur du Conservatoire de Château-Thierry (direction : Martin Barral)
A co-production City of Château-Thierry - Festival Jean de La Fontaine

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Conférences pdf

 

Dossier de presse pdf

 

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Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo - Les Musiciens du Paradis