LA VALSE & L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES

Created by Ravel in 1925 in Monte-Carlo to a libretto by Colette (whose 150th anniversary is being celebrated this year), L’Enfant et les Sortilèges was one of the favourite works of HSH Prince Rainier III. The new creation by Jean-Christophe Maillot will bring together 240 artists at the stage of the Grimaldi Forum to give substance to this large-format musical comedy ahead its time conceived by Ravel. Before unveiling This extraordinary creation, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo will perform La Valse by George Balanchine: a return to the roots for this ballet performed twenty years ago and of which Prince Rainier III, was also fond.
 

250 ARTISTS ON STAGE!
50 dancers, 90 musicians, 100 singers

With the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo (dir. David Molard Soriano), the Chorus of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo (dir. Stefano Visconti), the Academies of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo (with the support of Cecilia Bartoli – Music Fondation), the Children’s Choir of the Académie de Musique et Théâtre Rainier III.

LA VALSE | George BALANCHINE
Choreography: George Balanchine | Music: Maurice Ravel, Valses Nobles and Sentimentales (1911), La Valse (1920) | Costumes: Karinska | Sets: Jean Rosenthal | Lighting: Ronald Bates (original production), Mark Stanley (current production) | Premiere held on February 20th 1951, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama | Duration: 30 min

L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES | CREATION Jean-Christophe MAILLOT
Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot | Music: Maurice Ravel, L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (1925), libretto by Colette | Assistant choreographer: Bernice Coppieters | Costumes and sets: Jérôme Kaplan | Lighting: Dominique Drillot | Video: Loic Van der Heyden | Original drawings: Ines Reddah | Wigmaker: Sky Flores | Premiere held on: April 18th 1992, as part of the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Salle Garnier, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, new creation held on: December 20th 2023 Grimaldi Forum Monaco | Duration: 45 min