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 Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (dir. David Molard Soriano), the Monte Carlo Opera Chorus (dir. Stefano Visconti), the Academy of Young Singers (created by Cecilia Bartoli), the Children’s Choir of the Rainier III Academy of Music and Theatre.

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 | Costumes and sets: Jérôme Kaplan | Lighting: Dominique Drillot | Premiere held on December 20th 2023 Grimaldi Forum Monaco