Artists from the Paris National Opera Theatre will be making theirVietnam debut by staging L'Enfant et les Sortileges (The Child and theSpells) on Apr.18 in Hanoi and Apr.19 in HCM City .
Soloists Alix Le Saux and Armelle Khourdoian will be accompanied by theMaitrise des Hauts-de-Sein choir under the baton of Gael Darchen.
The choir of 100 performers includes 12 leading singers and eight musicians.
They will be performing the The Child and the Spells during their tour of Southeast Asia .
The opera, composed by Maurice Ravel, was based on the text for aballet by French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette.
Vietnamese overseas composer Nguyen Thien Dao said the opera is of tremendous artistic merit.
The one-act opera contains the classic elements of a fairytale. "It is arare chance for Vietnamese artists to enjoy the work because it is oneof the most famous modern French operas," Dao said.
Themain roles of the child, the flame and the nightingale will be performedby mezzo-soprano Alix Le Saux and soprano Armelle Khourdoian. The operawas choreographed by Sophie Meary, with costume designed by Xu Ming.
Founded in 1970, the Maytrise des Hauts-de-Seine choir is made up of300 boys and girls, 60 men (tenors and basses) and a mixed young choirof 40 students.
The Maitrise officially became the Paris Opera Children's Choir in 1995.
Under the direction of Gael Darchen, the Maitrise des Hauts de Seinevocal ensemble is both unique and multi-faceted: from lyrical solos tobig oratorios, the Maitrise adapts with ease to any vocal format.
The Maitrise has performed in more than 30 countries on five continents.
Tickets for the performance cost 200,000VND; 350,000 and 550,000 andare available at the box office on 1 Trang Tien Street , Hanoi-VNA