Les Incrédules

  • Show
  • Opera
  • Theatre

Samuel Achache

France / Created in 2025

Samuel Achache and his troupe create an opera where the improbable meets the tragic, bringing together actors, singers, and a fifty-two-piece orchestra. 

Les Incrédules, Samuel Achache, 2025 © Lisa Navarro

Presentation

A woman receives a telephone call announcing her mother’s death at the very moment she walks through the door. From this absurd situation, Samuel Achache, Sarah Le Picard, Florent Hubert, and Antonin Tri-Hoang have created an opera in which the improbable and the tragic meet. Believing that doubt is what keeps us alive, the director and his troupe look at existence as a bad detective novel we keep reading out of curiosity. Known for their shows that blend theatre and music, they go all out in Les Incrédules, with its fifty-two-piece orchestra that includes a saxophone, accordion, percussion, and a mysterious instrument designed to create musical randomness. 

أنشأ صامويل عشاش وفرقته، أوبرا حيث تتعايش المأساوية مع اللامعقول، وتجمع ممثلين، ومغنيين، وأوركسترا مؤلف من 52 موسيقي. 

Distribution

With Jeanne Mendoche, Majdouline Zerari, René Ramos Premier, Margot Alexandre, Sarah Le Picard, Marie Lambert, Pierre Fourcade, Antonin-Tri Hoang, Sébastien Innocenti, Thibault Perriard
Musical direction Nicolas Chesneau
Libretto and dramaturgy Samuel Achache et Sarah Le Picard in collaboration with Margot Alexandre, Thibault Perriard et Julien Vella
Composition Florent Hubert and Antonin-Tri Hoang
Orchestration Pierre-Antoine Badaroux
Stage direction Samuel Achache
Assistant to the stage direction Chloé Kobuta
Dramaturgy Julien Vella
Costume design Pauline Kieffer
Set design Lisa Navarro
Miraclophone design Thibault Perriard
Lighting design César Godefroy
Scenic construction Scenic workshop of the Opéra national du Rhin
Costume making Workshops of the Opéra national de Lorraine

Production

Production Opéra national de Lorraine
Coproduction Opéra national du Rhin
With the support of Spedidam for the 79th edition of the Festival d’Avignon
Recording in partnership with ARTE

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