Le Cabaret du Faune

Ages 8 and up

Le Cabaret du Faune, by Romie Estèves and Nicolas Krüger, offers an unexpected hybrid of Debussy and cabaret: a musical show, with singing, acting and dancing, carried by a desire for fluidity and metamorphosis.

In Le Cabaret du Faune, the mezzo-soprano Romie Estèves and the pianist Nicolas Krüger take us back to a time when the young Debussy, accompanied by Erik Satie, frequented the cabaret Le Chat noir in Montmartre. Moments of hallucination, pure beauty and humoristic fantasy, caught on the fly in the transitory form of cabaret, moments of inspiration for the founder of modern music. In an atypical yet poetic space, Le Cabaret du Faune invites us on an inspired stroll through the music of Debussy: all according to the whims of the master who wished to "sing his internal landscape with the naive candour of a child." 

Production La Marginaire Coproduction Opera Zuid Maastricht

Concept Romie Estèves & Nicolas Krüger
Staging Stéphane Vérité
Costumes Danièle Barraud
Lighting and sound Steeve Dechelotte

Song, acting Romie Estèves
Piano, acting Nicolas Krüger

Claude Debussy
The Snow is dancing, Children’s corner L.113
Le Faune, Fêtes Galantes II La Flûte de Pan,
Trois chansons de Bilitis
En Sourdine, Fêtes Galantes I Le vent dans la plaine, Préludes livre I L.117
Les Ingénus, Fêtes Galantes II Green, Ariettes oubliée
Clair de Lune, Fêtes Galantes I C’est l’Extase, Ariettes oubliées
Des Pas sur la neige, Préludes livre I Le Tombeau des Naïades,
Trois chansons de Bilitis

"Medley pianistique" written by Nicolas Krüger
based on piano pieces by Debussy

Charlotte Gaudet
Le Traitement de l’ouïe

Yvette Guilbert
J’m’embrouille
Quand on vous aime comme ça

Johnny Hewer
Where did you get that hat