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“What led me to stage Dinorah or The Pardon of Ploërmel, was, firstly, the score, which, in my opinion, one of Meyerbeer’s most successful works due to the quality of the orchestration and the well-balanced libretto by Barbier and Carré. Dinorah is the Meyerbeer opera closest to our modern sensibility. So, for the staging, I conceived of a vision in the “heroic fantasy” and neo-romantic style such as we are seeing making a comeback everywhere, especially among the younger generations through books, films and traditional festivities that hail directly from Celtic and Breton legends. Drawing my inspiration from the work of the great English painter Turner, the precursor of contemporary painting, I involved the audience in a spate of magical locations. This production is the biggest show ever presented at the Théâtre imperial in Compiègne incorporating extravaganza, dance, pantomime, special effects, and of course, virtuoso French singing for one of the greatest opera composers of the 19th century.” Pierre Jourdan

France - 2003 - 3 h - Betacam SP - Colour

Director Jourdan Choreography Jean-Hughes Tanto Camera Frédéric Variot Sound Michel Pierre Sets Jean-Pierre Capeyron Costumes Jean-Pierre Capeyron Editing Patrice Monnet Music Giaccomo Meyerbeer Orchestra leader Olivier Opdebeeck Cast Isabelle Philippe, Armand Arapian, Frédéric Mazzotta, Lucile Vignon, Céline Victores-Benavente, Séverine Delforge, Philippe Le Chevalier, Pierre Espiaut

Production Théâtre français de la musique, 3, rue Othenin, 60200 Compiègne, France Tél : +33 (0)3 4440 1710 Fax : +33 (0)3 4440 4404 E-mail : theatre-imperial@theatre-imperial.com

Sales Cinexport, 49 avenue Paul Doumer, 75116 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4562 4945 Fax : +33 (0)1 4503 3343 E-mail : cinexport@wanadoo.fr