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Opera: A Match
Music · Friday, November 6 · 20:00 · Reims
Opéra de Reims, 1 Rue de Vesle
Music, libretto by Benoît Menut, David Christoffel, direction Sofia Betz, Les Frivolités Parisiennes. A kickoff, a ball, two teams. And then, anything can happen. With Un Match, opera does not pretend: it enters the field! Anthems, live commentary, slow motion, disputed actions, extra time: all the spice of football becomes material for theatre and music. The show follows the course of a match, from the locker room to the third half, revealing its secret dramaturgy, its impulses, its tensions, its reversals. At the center of the game, Yañ Debleu, young pr…
