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MUSIC FOR THE STAGE
Musical show
Olympe de Gouges
op. 155
musical show for soprano-actress and string quartet, libretto by Caroline Barbier de Reulle and Benoît Menut, commissioned by the "composer-in-residence in a multidisciplinary venue" program of the Ministry of Culture, written in February 2024, premiered on April 12, 2024, at the Théâtre Louis Jouvet in Rethel, by Cécile Achille and the Tana Quartet — Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes
La Quête de Merlin
op. 152
musical show for singing actor, flutes and smallpipes, harp, viola da gamba, and concert accordion. Commissioned by Les Musiciens de Saint Julien (directed by François Lazarevitch), libretto by Vanessa Bertran, original music and arrangements by Benoît Menut, premiered on May 7, 2024 — Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Fort
op. 134
stage music for piano and actor based on a text by Catherine Anne for the play *Fort*. Premiered on October 4, 2024, at the Opéra de Avignon, Dana Ciocarlie (piano), Sava Lolov, Yves Bressiant (actors), directed by Catherine Anne — Music Duration: 35 minutes / Show Duration: 1h10
La Parade des Animaux bizarres
op. 132
animal portraits for narrator and instrumental ensemble (the same as for "The Carnival of the Animals"). Text by Benoît Menut, overall conception, staging, set design, and resonance with Saint-Saëns, Caroline Barbier de Reulle. Commissioned by the Ma Vigne en Musique festival, premiered on September 26, 2021, at the Théâtre+Cinéma Scène Nationale in Narbonne — Duration: 30 minutes
Songe
op. 88
stage music for guitar, bass guitar, drums, and actor, for the performance by Florence Lavaud, premiered in November 2018 at the Théâtre de Périgueux - Duration: 40 minutes.
Symphonie pour une Plume
op. 63
for actor, percussionist, and symphony orchestra (2/2/2/2 - 2/2/0/0 - timp – 8/6/5/4/3), premiered at the Opéra de Rennes on December 8, 2016, by the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, conducted by Aurélien Azan Zielinski, percussion: Huggo Le Hénan, staging: Florence Lavaud, actor: Jérémy Barbier — Duration: 55 minutes
Tale
Lupus, Lupa, Loupiot
op. 116
Tale in three scenes for soprano, violin, clarinet, cello, and piano, based on a text by Justine Curatolo, for Léontine and Nora, commissioned by the Orchestre National de Bretagne, premiered on August 18, 2020, at the Opéra de Rennes — Duration: 30 minutes
L’enfant qui ne parlait pas
op. 98
musical tale for narrator and string quartet, libretto by Olivier Cohen, commissioned by the Tana Quartet, premiered on September 17, 2017, in Lille, at Versus festival by Elissa Aloula (narrator) and Tana Quartet — Duration: 36 minutes
Le Petit Garçon qui avait envie d’espace
op. 74
for actress and piano, based on the tale by Jean Giono, premiered at the Chaillol festival in August 2017, by Cécile Brochoire (actress) and Michael Dian (piano) — Duration: 35 minutes
Un loup affamé
op. 73b
for narrator, violin, clarinet, cello, and piano, based on a traditional Russian tale, for Jérémie Honoré, premiered on July 23, 2017, at the Musique à la ferme festival — Duration: 12 minutes
Un loup affamé
op. 73a
for narrator and piano, based on a traditional Russian tale, for Jérémie Honoré, premiered on July 23, 2017, at the Musique à la ferme festival — Duration: 12 minutes
La Légende de saint Julien l’Hospitalier
op. 55
music for the eponymous tale by Gustave Flaubert, for narrator, flute, violin, viola, and cello (the instrumentalists also playing some percussion), (for Bruno-Ory-Lavollée), commissioned by the Festival des Forêts, premiered on June 28, 2015, at Pierrefonds Castle by Daniel Mesguich (narrator) and Ensemble Helios, under the direction of the composer — Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Melodrama
Bleu
op. 141
melodrama for actress and instrumental ensemble (flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass), based on the book by Maud Fontenoy and Yann-Arthus Bertrand (ed. Belin), commissioned by the Paris Mozart Orchestra, written in July 2022, for Claire Gibault and her Paris Mozart Orchestra — Duration: 38 minutes