Roberto Alagna

Roberto Alagna

AL CAPONE - FOLIES BERGERE - PARIS

 

Musical

 

Musical comedy in two acts and 48 tableaux 

Music and lyrics by Jean-Félix Lalanne

 
 

Cast

Al Capone - Roberto Alagna

Eliot Ness - Bruno Pelletier et Bastien Jacquemart

Lili - Anggun

Rita Capone - Kaïna Blada 

Franck Capone - Thomas Boissy

 

 

Stage Director- Jean-Louis Grinda

Choreography - Caroline Roëlands

Musical Ensemble - Philippe Gouadin

 

Designer - Eric Chevalier

Costums - David Belougou

Lights -  Laurent Castaingt

Artistic Director- Jean-Marc Ghanassia

Make-up and wigs - Caroline Vlieghe

 

Productor - Jean-Marc Dumontet

 

 

Performances

 

JANVIER

27 (m/s) - 28

 

FEVRIER

2/9/16/23-3/10/17/24

4/11/18/25-5/12/19/26(m/s)-6/13/20/27(m)

 

MARS

1/8/15/22/29 -  2/9/16/26/30 -

3/10/17/24/31 -  4/11/18/25(m/s)

5/12/19/26(m)

 

AVRIL

18/15/22/29 (m/s) - 2/9/16/23/30(m)

5/12/19/26 -  6/13/20/27 - 7/14/21/28

 

MAI

3/10 - 4/11 - 5/12  - 6(m/s) - 7(m)

En rouge les dates annulées par Dumontet

 

 

Press Review

 

Opera Magazine - Bruno Villien - mars 2023

"A smart score, solos, duets and ensembles that follow one another, a jazzy atmosphere, an efficient staging, in the manner of a cinema editing, 60 period costumes, amazing dancers-singers, twirling choreographies, sets that reveal an orchestra perched high up... Roberto Alagna takes on the title role with gusto, the tenor's voice sounds large and clear, becoming vindictive when Capone threatens Ness..."
 
EXCERPTS: "The score is deft: a jazzy atmosphere evokes the 'Roaring Twenties', with just the right amount of Charleston, boogie-woogie and player piano. Jean-Louis Grinda's staging is effective, offering short sequences in the manner of a cinema editing. Solos, duets and ensembles follow one another. Roberto Alagna, for whom the title role was tailor-made written, takes it on with gusto. The tenor's voice sounds large and clear, becoming vindictive when Capone threatens Ness. For him, amplification does not seem necessary. The beautiful Anggun lends her dreamy plasticity to Lili, in the tradition of the "exotic" sirens dear to Hollywood, from Anna May Wong to Dorothy Lamour. Eliot Ness has the crooner accents of Bruno Pelletier (alternating with Bastien Jacquemart), while the young Kaïna Blada is a touching Rita, and Thomas Boissy, a Franck jealous [of his older brother]. Michel Fau's usual accomplice, David Belugou, goes wild designing sixty period costumes, with sheaths and enticing negligees for the ladies, whereas the gentlemen are sporting borsalinos, pinstripe suits and two-tone shoes. Above Capone's lair and Ness's office, Eric Chevalier's set shows a line of skyscrapers that fade away to reveal the orchestra, perched high up and conducted by Philippe Gouadin. The six male and six female dancers, who also sing, are amazing, in twirling choreographies by Caroline Roelands. Laurent Castaingt's lighting design is reminiscent of police raids and Hollywood premieres. »
 
 

Musicalavenue.fr - Fabrice Felez - mars 2023

❝A top-flight interpretation, charismatic performers, impeccable vocal prowess, powerful performances, a generous score that allows each performer to express his or her full talent, the presence of musicians on stage, changing sets, lighting effects and video projections ... The challenge of the staging is successful, the costumes are well done, not to mention the solid and perfectly executed dance scenes. ... Let yourself be carried away by the swing of the beginning of last century, snap your fingers to the rhythm and vibrate to the spellbinding voices of accomplished artists"...
 

Résonances Lyriques - Philippe Pocidalo - mars 2023

❝The show works like a charm! … Talented singer and actor, Roberto Alagna charms us from his first aria “Scarface”. All the ingredients are well and truly united for this family-oriented show to be a success❞ 
 
EXCERPTS (translated from French): « [...] We had already applauded Roberto Alagna in a musical creation by Vladimir Cosma, Marius and Fanny, in 2007 at the Opera de Marseille. [With Al Capone], one can easily guess that this interlude [in his operatic activity] represents for our tenor a pleasure to entertain himself and us as well! He has nothing left to demonstrate: talented singer and actor, he charms us from his first aria "Scarface". Bruno Pelletier plays Ness; he still has that velvety voice that we loved so much in Notre-Dame de Paris some thirty years ago. We also appreciated his very sober acting performance. Thomas Boissy takes on the thankless role of Franck, Capone's brother, seducing us with his nuanced interpretation. We will retain in particular a magnificent song "L'ombre de mon frère" (“the shadow of my brother”), movingly testimony of brotherly love that he delivers to his elder brother. On the side of the female performers, the singer Anggun brings a note of freshness; Lili does not have the easy task, to be the lover of a gangster is not of any rest. As a pop artist for over twenty years, she convinces us with her sincerity when she sings "Celui que j'aime" (“The one I love”). Similarly, Rita (Kaïna Blada), the young sister in love with Ness seems to be caught in a vice from which she will have a hard time to get out. She will sing "Une dernière danse"(“A last dance”) with her fiancé ... All the ingredients are well and truly united in this after all ‘family-oriented’ show, to be successful. Jean-Louis Grinda, a gifted stage director (My Fair Lady, Chantons sous la pluie, Sugar or even Titanic) has managed with his usual talent to direct a dynamic troupe, choreographed by another expert in the field, Caroline Roëlands. Various musics composed by Jean-Félix Lalanne make us discover Neapolitan songs, jazz, charleston without forgetting fox-trot or pop rock! The sets scroll like in the movies, a festival of colorful costumes fills our eyes, the show works wonderfully! »
 
 

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07/03/2023