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Gypsy

Jule Styne

01 – 02 Feb 2025

In the United States, during the Great Depression, a housewife dreams of stardom and decides to travel the country with her two daughters - Baby June and Louise - to present her slapstick acts. Based on this true story, lyricist Stephen Sondheim – to whom we owe West Side Story - and composer Jule Styne created a masterpiece that was to become the mother of musicals, strangely enough never performed in France until now.

Some people sit on their butts
Got the dream, yeah, but not the guts
That's living for some people
For some hum-drum people I suppose
Well, they can stay and rot
But not Rose
Gypsy

If Nancy won't travel to Broadway, Broadway will travel to Nancy. Well-known to opera fans, director Laurent Pelly is tackling this classic. He has surrounded himself with a first-rate cast, including, in a “concert hall” format, Natalie Dessay alongside her daughter Neïma Naouri. Humour and emotion guaranteed!

Calendar

  • Sat. 01 February 2025
    20:00
    Opéra national de Lorraine
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  • Sun. 02 February 2025
    15:00
    Opéra national de Lorraine
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Information

Duration
2 h 30 with interval

Prices
5 — 85 €

Show in French and English, with surtitles
All audiences 10 and over

Introduction to the performance
45 minutes before the start of the performance (free of charge, upon presentation of ticket). 

The performance on Sunday 2 February includes a workshop for young audiences. For more information, click here.

Cast

Gypsy, a musical fable

Musical in two acts

Based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee

First performed at the Broadway Theatre on 21 May 1959

Original production

David Merrick and Leland Hayward

Originally directed and choreographed by

Jerome Robbins

Libretto

Arthur Laurents

Music

Jule Styne

Lyrics

Stephen Sondheim


Production

Philharmonie de Paris

Coproduction

Philharmonie de Paris, Opéra national de Lorraine, Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Théâtre de Caen, Opéra de Reims

GYPSY is presented by agreement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk


Les Frivolités Parisiennes 
Musical direction 

Gareth Valentine


Stage direction and costumes

Laurent Pelly

Dialogue translation

Agathe Mélinand

Choreography 

Lionel Hoche

Lighting 

Marco Giusti

Scenography 

Massimo Troncanetti


Rose

Natalie Dessay

Louise

Neïma Naouri

June

Medya Zana

Herbie

Daniel Njo Lobé

Maîtrise Populaire of the Opéra-Comique

See also

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