Marie-Antoinette – Malandain Ballet Biarritz

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Marie-Antoinette – Malandain Ballet Biarritz

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Presentation

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Cast

Thierry Malandain Choreography

Joseph Haydn and Christoph Willibald Gluck Music

Jorge Gallardo Sets and costumes

François Menou Lighting design

Véronique Murat, assisted by Charlotte Margnoux Costume creation

Nicolas Dupéroir Sound creation

Frédéric Vadé Set realization

Annie Onchalo Props realization

Charlotte Margnoux Headwear realization

Orchestra of the Royal Opera

Under the patronage of Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet

Stefan Plewniak Conductor

Presentation

The last queen of France, with her exceptional, tragic, and glamorous destiny, deserved a ballet: Thierry Malandain has crafted a piece for her as grand as her legend, a show both colorful and deeply dedicated to Versailles and its Royal Opera.

Blamed as the evil genius of the kingdom and held responsible for all its misfortunes before her body was taken away in a cart, her head between her legs… Without her carefree nature, her reluctance toward her role as queen, her retreats to the Trianon, her favorites, coquetries, diamonds, the court gossip amplified by pamphlets and caricatures, the Revolution, and the belief that bloodshed contributed to progress, Marie-Antoinette might have continued her frivolous life and escaped a tortured death. How did a queen adored by an entire nation lose its affection only to die hated? How did someone who embodied the symbol of royalty help hasten its fall?

Thierry Malandain’s ballet traces Marie-Antoinette’s journey at Versailles: from her arrival at court on her wedding day and the inauguration of the Royal Opera, to her departure in October 1789, which took her toward her fate… A magnificent show created in 2019 at the Royal Opera of Versailles, this ballet returns there this year!

Co-production: Opéra Royal / Château de Versailles Spectacles, Orchestre Symphonique d’Euskadi de Donostia / San Sebastián, Donostia Kultura – Victoria Eugenia Antzokia de Donostia / San Sebastián – Ballet T, Music Hall Antwerpen, Opéra de Saint-Etienne, Opéra de Reims, CCN Malandain Ballet Biarritz, Théâtre des Salins, scène nationale de Martigues

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