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A dark and seductive “Ariadne et Barba Bleue”

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Dark and seductive “Ariadne et Barba Bleue” from the libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck with music by Paul Dukas is a symbolist work with infinite readings like the labyrinth of the Minotaur. On stage, for “Femmes Libres?” the Festival of the Opéra de Lyon, on March 24 the opera is in streaming. The direction of “Ariadne et Barbe Bleu” is by Alex Ollé / La Fura dels Baus, the eclectic and innovative artist tells us «Like all symbolist works, it takes place in the transition, between the tale and the nightmare. Perrault, at the end of the 17th century, wrote the original version of Blue Beard based in turn on the folktale born from the real story of Gilles de Rais, a serial killer of children. In the years when Maeterlinck was building his strange imaginary worlds and Dukas was writing the score, Freud was working on “The Interpretation of Dreams” ».

What, in your opinion, is behind Maeterlinck’s symbolism?

“Surely an attraction for the dark passions that arise in the cracks of everyday life, what interests me most is the contemporaneity of the piece; although it is, on the one hand, an exploration of the fascination of danger, on the other it is a descent into hell, in the most hidden fears. The development and the ending of the comedy are still surprising today. Barba Bleue is a serial aggressor of women, on stage he is surrounded by many female hearts, behind the symbolism Maeterlinck hides dark passions mixed with everyday life ».

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What do you mean by “contemporaneity”?

«We have created a parallel dramaturgy that takes place during Ariadne and Barba Bleue’s wedding banquet, begins with the arrival of the couple and ends with her departure. The plan of reality, constantly present, is represented by the wedding guests, it will be the presence of the guests, including the five women, wives of many Blue Beards, to bring out the inner world of the protagonist, her fears. In this way, we transform an intimate story – the choir appears only as a set of distant voices – into a story in which it is no longer just the literary character Barba Bleue but the real social conventions, represented by the guests, that awaken Ariadne’s anxieties. and his desire for freedom “.

Who is Ariadne?

«An exceptional and tenacious woman, the image of the modern and determined woman, in her you feel the influence of the first feminist movements of the time; Ariadne proclaims the liberation of women but, above all, that of the human being who wants to escape any form of power. Ariadne is the symbol of liberation, the five women are the emblem of submission ».

What other female figures in the opera can you compare with?

“If I were a woman I would be furious with opera composers, inspired by misogynistic stories. Their women are fragile, sick, poor, the man has to take care of them, they live only for him. With fellow directors we try to stage the topicality of the work, although we are aware of the historical moment in which it was written we must understand that many topics do not touch as they did then, the public must be approached with contemporary references ».

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