Le Colibri (The Hummingbird)
Saturday
07.05.2022
11:00 — Victoria Hall
Programme
Elisa Shua Dusapinlibretto
Christophe Sturzeneggermusic
Joan Mompartstage director
Mathieu Fernandez-VillacanasClémentine Le BasMatteo Prandicomedian
Le Colibri (World premiere)
Commissioned and produced in collaboration with the Théâtre Am Stram Gram (libretto) and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (music)
The music
Joan Mompart presents Le Colibri (The Hummingbird), his first commission as director of the Théâtre Am Stram Gram, uniting composer Christophe Sturzenegger and writer Élisa Shua Dusapin. Faithful to his fondness of music and literature, Mompart introduces his long-standing musical companion to Dusapin, a fascinating young swiss writer and winner of the Robert Walser Prize and Prix Suisse de Littérature.
The work seizes a fragment from the life of two teenagers, Lotte and Célestin, who are neighbours for a couple of weeks. Between love and friendship, loneliness and the desire for company, the loss of loved ones and childhood illusions, Le Colibri weaves a story of fractures and links to give meaning to the untold as it spreads its wings.