FULL On purge bébé (Boesmans) Brussels 2022 Jean-Sébastien Bou, Jodie Devos

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: On purge bébé  
• Composer: Boesmans Philippe   
• Libretto: d’après Georges Feydeau    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Théâtre de la Monnaie, Bruxelles, Belgium  
• Recorded: December 15, 2022
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Jean-Sébastien Bou, Jodie Devos, Denzil Delaere, Carlos Natale, Sophie Pondjiclis, Jérôme Varnier, Tibor Ockenfels
• Conductor: Bassem Akiki  
• Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie  
• Stage Director: Richard Brunel  
• Stage Designer: Etienne Pluss  
• Costume Designer: Bruno de Lavenére  
• Lighting Designer: Laurent Castaingt  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: ARTE  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, desubs, frsubs  
• Video Recording from: ARTE     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Quote La Monnaie:
Just as Monsieur Follavoine is about to close a deal with the French army for his ‘unbreakable’ chamber pots, Madame Follavoine launches into a spiel about their tyrannical son Toto’s constipation. It is the beginning of a madcap day in which both chamber pots and petit bourgeois façade meet their end. Inspired by Georges Feydeau’s vaudeville, On purge bébé ! is the cheery adieu of composer Philippe Boesmans (1936-2022). An acerbic but also gloriously virtuoso end-of-year comedy for the whole family. Bonne merde!