Horace the Cuckoo

Opéra de Reims, 1 Rue de Vesle

Music by Alexandros Markeas, libretto by Pierre Senges, Tm+ « Hi-Han » makes Horace the cuckoo wake up. « Hi-Han »? But a cuckoo says « cuckoo » and not « Hi-Han »? What happens to Horace? A fleeting little problem… or is it something deeper, stranger? It’s the beginning of an incredible story for our bird who has lost its melody. Through his misadventures, Horace comes to the realization: his case is not isolated. This quirky and offbeat fable owes tribute to Pierre Senges, a writer with boundless imagination in this burlesque, even baroque musical tale. But Horace the cuckoo…