Opera: A Match

Opéra de Reims, 1 Rue de Vesle

Music, libretto by Benoît Menut and David Christoffel, directed by Sofia Betz, Les Frivolités Parisiennes. A kickoff, a ball, two teams. And then anything can happen. With Un Match, the opera doesn’t pretend: it steps onto the pitch! Hymns, live commentary, slow-motion, controversial plays, extra time: all the flavors of football become material for theatre and music. The show follows the course of a match, from the locker room to the third half-time, revealing its secret dramaturgy, its impulses, tensions, and twists. At the center of the game, Yañ Debleu, a young pr…