Graals
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Graals
Lyrical mystery in 3 acts for actors, singers, continuo and electronics, with music by Henry Purcell and Kevin Juillerat
Libretto by Luc Birraux
November 9, 2025 – 5PM
November 11, 2025 – 7:30PM
November 12, 2025 – 7:30PM
At La Cité Bleue
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Duration: approx. 1h45 without intermission
CAST
Libretto and staging by Luc Birraux
Composition Kevin Juillerat, Henri Purcell
Musical direction Antoine Rebstein
Singing
Charlotte Bozzi, soprano
Marielou Jacquard, mezzo-soprano
William Shelton, countertenor
Mark Kurmabayev, bass
Playing
Michael Comte
Alain Maratrat
Beatriz Sayad
Musicians
Anaïs Soucaille, Pablo Agudo Lopez, violins
Mathurin Bouny, alto
Karolina Plywaczewska, cello
Eric Franco, double bass
Vincent Flückiger, theorbo
Coline Barbaray, flute
Jean-Maurice Messelyn, oboe
Carlos Bertão, bassoon
Set and light design Julien Brun
Assistant director Xavier Perez
Costumes Shanshan Ruan, Benjamin Broillet
Make-up and hairstyling Juliette Lamy-au-Rousseau
Artistic collaboration and iconography Margaux Opinel
Production management Daphné Bengoa
Technical coordination Catherine Mouvet
Stage managers Nina Courbon, Gregory Wattebled
Production Cie Operatic
Co-hosting GTG La Plage x La Cité Bleue
Coproduction Théâtre du Jorat, Grand Théâtre de Genève
Sponsored by
Loterie Romande VD, Pro Helvetia, Fondation Françoise Champoud, Fondation Ernst Göhner, Fondation Sophie et Karl Binding, Fondation Jan Michalski, Fondation Anne-Marie Schindler, Fondation Pro Scientia et Arte, Fondations Associées, Casino Barrière Montreux, SUISA, Fondation Leenaards (Bourse de recherche)
About
At the beginning of an unresolved quest, there was a promised land, a chosen people, a pierced side and a chalice filled to the brim. There was a woman, Mary Magdalene. There was a man, Joseph of Arimathea. There was also a host of human beings, and with them a multitude of stories. Graals (Grails) plunges us into this polyphony, in search of a story suspended in the limbo of our memory. Where the living, slaves to their own tragedies, rush into the labyrinth of Christian myths and pagan legends that weave together to become the journey of the Grail. Where the peoples scattered across the Mediterranean up to the ends of Europe have each in turn made these stories their own. Where the hope of love answers the irrepressible violence of men.
This original creation combining musical theatre and opera, supported by La Cité Bleue and the Grand Théâtre, brings together four opera singers and three exceptional actors. Together, they traverse an original story imagined by Luc Birraux which creates a dialogue between the music of Henry Purcell’s King Arthur and a new work for baroque ensemble and live electronics by young Swiss composer Kevin Juillerat.
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Credits
Illustration © GTG / Joëlle Flumet
Graals © GTG / Magali Dougados