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Folies parisiennes

Robinson Crusoé

Opéra-comique in three acts and five scenes by Jacques Offenbach, on a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Hector Crémieux, premiered at the Opéra-Comique (Paris) on 23 November 1867.
Opera
© Gérard Uféras
Seven years after Barkouf (1860), Offenbach returned to the Opéra-Comique with a new adaptation – after that of Piccinni (1805) – of Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoé. This still relatively unknown work, brimming with original musical ideas, features a flavoursome “pot-au-feu” scene in which we learn that cannibalism was invented by a missionary priest!

Dates

Wed 3 December 2025
19.30
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Fri 5 December 2025
19.30
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Mon 8 December 2025
19.30
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Wed 10 December 2025
19.30
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Fri 12 December 2025
19.30
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Sun 14 December 2025
17.00
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris

Performers

LES MUSICIENS DU LOUVRE
CHŒUR ACCENTUS
Marc Minkowski conductor
Laurent Pelly stage director and costumes
Chantal Thomas set designer
Agathe Mélinand dialogue adaptation
Michel Le Borgne lighting

Robinson Lawrence Brownlee
Edwige Julie Fuchs
Sir William Crusoé Laurent Naouri
Toby Marc Mauillon
Jim-Cocks Rodolphe Briand
Atkins Matthieu Toulouse
Vendredi Adèle Charvet
Suzanne Emma Fekete
Deborah Julie Pasturaud
Staged version
Co-production Théâtre des Champs-Élysées / Angers Nantes Opéra / Opéra de Rennes
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Offenbach Edition Keck (OEK) - Boosey & Hawkes
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