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Moliere: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme at Chateau de Versailles

About the Event

Observe as Lully and Molière trace the portrait of an adventurer of the mind whose only wish is to escape his “ignoble” origins to set foot on territories from which he is excluded… and discover a terra incognita with the Bourgeois Gentleman.

Cast / Production

Comedy‐ballet in five acts created at the Château de Chambord in 1670.

Jean‐Noël Brouté The Master Tailor, Covielle
Julien Campani The Master of Music, Dorante
Isabelle Candelier Madame Jourdain
Manon Combes Nicole
Bénédicte Guilbert Dorimène
Francis Leplay The Master of Philosophy
Leslie Menu Lucile
Nicolas Orlando The Master of Arms
Laurent Podalydès A lackey
Pascal Rénéric Monsieur Jourdain
Léo Reynaud A lackey, Dancer, The Little Mufti
Thibault Vinçon The Master of Dance, Cleonte

Windy Antognelli, Flavie Hennion, Artemis Stavridis Dancers
Romain Champion, Cécile Grangier, Marc Labonnette, Francisco Mañalich Singers
The soloists of the Ensemble La Révérence

Denis Podalydès (member of the Comédie‐Française) Director
Christophe Coin Musical director
Emmanuel Bourdieu Artistic collaboration
Éric Ruf Set design
Stéphanie Daniel Lighting
Christian Lacroix Costumes
Kaori Ito Choreography
Véronique Soulier‐Nguyen Make‐up and hair
Laurent Podalydès Assistant Director
Delphine Sainte‐Marie Set Design Assistant
Jean‐Philippe Pons Costume Assistant

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