Minuit Opéra
FRENITDE
Musical fable · soprano & cello

Les 7 Péchés capitaux

The love story between a cello-playing automaton locked in a birdcage and a young girl with an angelic voice.

Duration1 h 05
AudienceAll ages
On stageSoprano & cello
Stage directionJean-Luc Borras

Gluttony, sloth, envy, wrath, lust, pride, greed: set to music, told, acted, painted or sculpted, the deadly sins are an inexhaustible source of inspiration. How can they be reinvented?

Combining their arts, Jérémy Genet, Jean-Luc Borras and Laura Baudelet present a musical and poetic fable: discovered in a mysterious room, hidden behind immense curtains, a cello-playing automaton meets a young girl who passes through the seven sins, grows up and experiences the torments of the human condition.

A tale heightened by excerpts from Bizet, Pergolesi, Saint-Saëns, Kurt Weill, Massenet, Mozart, Yvain and Bach, as well as Baudelaire, Rostand and Topor.

“I instantly fell in love with the warm sound of Jérémy's cello. This show is the culmination of two and a half years of work, research and experimentation.”
Laura Baudelet
In pictures

The world of the show

Photos © Amandine Lauriol & Simon Sanahujas
Les 7 Péchés capitaux: On stage · Festival Remp'Arts, Tourtouse
On stage · Festival Remp'Arts, Tourtouse · © Simon Sanahujas
Les 7 Péchés capitaux: Her and Him, in the cage · Remp'Arts
Her and Him, in the cage · Remp'Arts · © Simon Sanahujas
Les 7 Péchés capitaux: Curtain call · Remp'Arts
Curtain call · Remp'Arts · © Simon Sanahujas
Les 7 Péchés capitaux: The set in the château courtyard · Remp'Arts
The set in the château courtyard · Remp'Arts · © Simon Sanahujas
Les 7 Péchés capitaux: Still from the “almost-short-film”
Still from the “almost-short-film” · © Amandine Lauriol
The poster
The poster
Her and Him: Laura Baudelet and Jérémy Genet
Her and Him: Laura Baudelet and Jérémy Genet
The fiery “7”
The fiery “7”
Jérémy Genet, cello
Jérémy Genet, cello
Casting the “7” with the students of ENSAM in Lille
Casting the “7” with the students of ENSAM in Lille
Laura Baudelet at the ENSAM foundry
Laura Baudelet at the ENSAM foundry
The team

Cast

Performed notably with the Orchestre National de Cannes and at the Remp'Arts festival

Laura Baudelet

Her · soprano

Lyric spinto soprano, founder of Minuit Opéra.

Jérémy Genet

Him · cello

Principal cello of the Orchestre de Cannes, a graduate of the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMD) and founder of the Les Nouvelles Saisons festival in Bordeaux; he plays an Italian cello by Giuseppe Testore (1706).

Jean-Luc Borras

Stage direction

Anne Le Prev

Arrangements

Philippe Varache

Costumes

Simon Sanahujas

Set design

Fee on quotation, adapted to your venue, audience size and preferred set-up. Full information pack on request.

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