“Platée” by Rameau at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse: A jubilant production!
On the occasion of the new production of platy by Rameau at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Corinne and Gilles Benizio as well as Marie Perbost will be, this Tuesday, March 22 at 8 p.m., the guests of the Journal du Classique.
A rock star looking like Nina Hagen, gods in wacky disguises: we find the codes of cabaret
“Platée forces us to be irreverent, we are condemned to take risks, so… boarding! » proclaims Hervé Niquet about this new collaboration with Corinne and Gilles Benizio, alias Shirley and Dino. Here they sign an absolutely jubilant, crazy production of one of the most extravagant scores in the repertoire, whose humor and cruelty they underline. Auto platy is a fable which, under the guise of humor, deals with subjects as serious as deception and humiliation.
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We will discover this evening, with its directors and the performer of La Folie, all the fantasy and audacity of this show which transports us to a favela in Brazil, honoring transvestites, gods in wacky disguises like a rock star looking like Nina Hagen and does not hesitate to break the codes of opera to adopt those of cabaret. A show all the more awaited since its first rehearsals had rehearsed… two years ago, before being interrupted by the first confinement!
Laure Mezan
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