L'enfant et les sortilèges (1)

[@Tenortalker]

Cynthia Buchan ,a really clever singing actress, heads a great cast here.

[@jpidk3190]

This is amazing

[@hunterellison]

Love the Sendak!

[@stynway59]

Sendak designed one of the earliest productions, before I believe he wrote Where the Wild Things Are This work is inspired by the useless insanity of WW1, an experience he shared with Colette and Ravel

[@jpidk3190]

You can find the full opera on vimeo, this series on youtube lacks the ending from what I can tell

[@dkal1952]

All parts of the opera are in this playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLC77374449D6AB735

[@lisys511]

This opera is awesome I’ll make a animated film of this opera :3

[@deanzhu1616]

Why so many thumbs down, what's the reason? Anyone tell?

[@barbaramezzabotta8231]

part 2?

[@hunterellison]

Why no boy soprano??? Try harder! Boy sopranos are seldom used or even heard!

[@katescally3960]

Ravel wrote the role for a mezzo soprano, it's a pants role, which is very common in opera. a boy soprano would not have the vocal range and dexterity required.

[@Eddy438]

If memory serves, Balanchine's version of this work uses both a boy alto as well as boy dancer. He could do this because his School of American Ballet is and was set up for this.

[@jamesarneill8316]

There are boy sopranos in this ! I was one of them! We sang the numbers and I was the butterfly and shepherd boy. Fantastic production, amazing memories. They showed this filmed version on BBC2 at Christmas that year. Great memories.

[@jpidk3190]

@@jamesarneill8316 Thanks for being a part of this great production