Frank Zappa
200 MOTELS - THE SUITES
Opera
Date
- Dec 1, 2023 à 8:00 PM
- Dec 2, 2023 à 3:00 PM
Duration
1 hour 50 without intermission
Tariffs
€12 to €90
New T&M-Paris production for the Nice Côte d'Azur Opera
Musical-theatre fresco with music and text by Frank Zappa. Based on the Anglo-American film directed by Tony Palmer and Frank Zappa, released in 1971. Premièred on 21 September 2018 as part of the Strasbourg Musica Festival and on 30 September 2018 at the Paris Philharmonic Salle Pierre Boulez.
A resolutely shape-shifting artist, Frank Zappa directed a film in 1971 which refuses to fit neatly into any one genre. 200 Motels, a somewhat wild, docu-fiction on the life of a rock band: The Mothers of Invention. At the end of a long tour in the United States, the band is invited to take part in a TV programme – which will soon get out of hand!
The stage adaptation of a now cult film, 200 Motels – The Suites is a resolutely unconventional show, mixing rock concert, symphonic concert, TV show, opera, musical comedy and documentary in a skilful and joyous mix of genres.
Léo Warynski (conductor) and Antoine Gindt (director) bring together the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra, a rock band (The Headshakers) and the Percussions de Strasbourg instrumental ensemble for a production that promises to be colourful !
Performance in English with surtitles in French and English.
Conductor Léo Warynski
Director Antoine Gindt
Sets Elise Capdenat
Lights Daniel Levy
Video direction Philippe Béziat and Julien Ravoux
Costumes Fanny Brouste
Sound Dominique Bataille
Movements Sophie Perretti-Trouche
Artistic consultant Melcha Coder
TV Host (Cowboy Burt) Lionel Peintre
Janet (The Journalist) Emily-Rose Bry
Lucy (Donovan) Pauline Descamps
Frank (Larry the Dwarf/Jeff) Dominique Gould
Mark Mark Van Arsdale
Howard Jonathan Boyd
The solo sopranoMélanie Boisvert
Rance (Ginger) Guillaume Dussau
Nice Opera Choir
Nice Philharmonic Orchestra
The Headshakers
Les Percussions de Strasbourg