Jean-Luc Choplin. Julien Benhamou
PORTRAIT – He concocts the poster for the next return to Lido 2, a mythical room on the Champs Élysées bought by the Accor group, with three works. More enthusiastic and curious than ever.
Three works are featured in the next season of the Lido 2 Paris. A clic for the reopening of the room at Christmas: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, by Stephen Sondheim. A creation whose working title for the moment stops at The flute. Libretto inspired by the notes left by Goethe imagining a sequel to Mozart’s masterpiece. Pamina and Tamino have a child. The Queen of the Night and Sarastro argue over who will lead her education.
Goethe had written forty pages of notes to bait the Vienna Opera. The house counted its sous too much for the author of Faust goes on to write a booklet. As for the composer… Mozart being dead, the question had remained unanswered. Two centuries later, Choplin entrusts it to Damon Albarn for an electro pop version in English. “This will be the spectacle given during the Games on the Champs-Élysées”laughs Choplin, satisfied to draw for the Olympic high m a project that he caresses since his departure from…
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