Summary
A show for children – theatre, music, opera, magic…
Sophie de Guerry – Mina
Lucie Emeraude – Mum
Ages 2 to 8
Running time: 35 minutes
Mina’s bedtime is no ordinary bedtime, even if it looks like one… While her mum desperately tries to get her to sleep, Mina comes up with all sorts of excuses to stay awake. And then her cuddly toys come to life! Together they discover their magic powers: turning a witch into a cat, then into a crocodile, or becoming a princess or a pirate!
Opera slips into the child’s own world: a bedroom, during the most familiar of scenes – bedtime. Parents and children alike will recognise themselves!
The music
Mozart (The Magic Flute: the Queen of the Night, the magic bells; The Marriage of Figaro: Cherubino), Dvořák (Song to the Moon, Rusalka), Gounod (Juliette’s Waltz, Roméo et Juliette), Offenbach (Barcarolle, The Tales of Hoffmann), Rossini (Cat Duet)… as well as nursery rhymes the children know: “Ah les crocodiles”, “Au clair de la lune”.
Operatic and contemporary singing, an original soundtrack, guitar, flute, piano, glockenspiel and percussion.
More than a show
The children learn a short melody from The Magic Flute, discover the ideas of high and low, loud and soft, fast and slow, hear singing in several languages, and join in by singing and talking with the performers. Light-up costumes, a mirror ball, bubbles, floating feathers and little magic tricks complete the enchantment.
“What strikes you from the very start is the respect for children’s intelligence.” “As funny as it is educational.” – Sortie Théâtre
The performers
Sophie de Guerry – Soprano and stage director, she has sung Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro) and Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), and directed La traviata at the Scène nationale de Picardie.
Lucie Emeraude – Soprano, she has sung with the Chœur de Radio France since 2017 and as a soloist at the Opéra national de Bordeaux.
Both mothers of young children, they have also taught music and early-years music classes.
A production by the company Opéra Clandestin
