Pop the Opera

FRIDAY 14TH JUNE / 21h30

Roman Theatre

Postponed to the next day in case of bad weather

Duration : 1h30

With the participation of students from Jean Brunet, Champfleury, Joseph Vernet d’Avignon, Fernand Léger de Berre-l’Étang, Henri Boudon de Bollène, La Salle Saint-Charles de Cavaillon, Alpilles-Durance et Saint-Joseph de Châteaurenard, Caroline Aigle de Lançon–Provence, Notre-Dame du Bon Accueil de Monteux, Anne Frank de Morières-lès-Avignon, Arausio d’Orange, Denis Diderot et Voltaire de Sorgues, Joseph d’Arbaud de Vaison-la-Romaine, Paul Langevin de Carros, Alphonse Daudet et Henri Matisse de Nice et César de Roquefort-les-Pins et du lycée Théodore Aubanel d’Avignon.

Based on an original idea by Jean-Louis Grinda

Conceived and directed Jean-Marie Leau

Co-arranger and conductor Victor Jacob

Pianist Lucie Favier

Violin Sylvine Feuillet

Percussion Didier Benetti and Marc Chantereau

Sound design Clément and Jean-Marie Leau

Lighting Vincent Cussey

In charge of cultural mediation Paulin Reynard

Since 2017, the Chorégies d'Orange have been getting thousands of secondary school pupils singing along with Pop the Opera! On stage at the Théâtre Antique d'Orange, during the Musiques en Fête programme, live from the Chorégies d'Orange, in the Place du Palais des Papes in Avignon or at the Auditorium Jean Moulin in Le Thor: singing can be shared in any way you like! In 2024, nearly 1,200 students from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region will be singing along to Pop the Opera in three performances, in Le Thor and Orange. Under the starry sky of the Théâtre Antique, in a festive atmosphere, the young artists will perform the greatest opera choruses combined with the greatest pop and film hits, in a musical setting where electro sounds will be superimposed on traditional instruments.

As part of the Chorégies d'Orange educational project, in partnership with the Académie d'Aix-Marseille.

Orchestra equipment on loan from the Orchestre national Avignon-Provence.