Opera at Carla-Bayle: Messidor great!
The Carla Bayle has achieved excellence, the last weekend, with the presentation of Messidor, opera Emile Zola played in the homeland of the humanist Pierre Bayle, for two performances , Gala might say.
in the beautiful, newly created, almost for the occasion, the theater's outdoor Cruzet, is not a chair remained empty to follow the adventures of these 19th century Ariégeois, buttressed their ungrateful land, struggling moreover cons industrial power of one of their wealthy neighbors, knight industries depriving them of water to quench his thirst for gold. This echoes the themes dear to Zola's naturalism and its galloping fighting for greater equality, or at least a more equitable sharing of wealth. Strange contemporary topics in the news still burning ... The Carla Bayle was therefore put on his best clothes and quality, to avoid falling further into superlatives, was really to go as actors, singers, musicians, artists Generally, professionals and amateurs have offered to the public came in droves (over 300 people a night), a spectacle of high quality. This was a daring and even more than that, but to propose an opera to an audience of neophytes. But the graft was clearly taken, allowing many thanks also to free to discuss this kind of theater for the first time. Would not that at this level, we can only welcome this idea of culture brought home that invites you to travel with little to move while reliving the harsh lives of some of our ancestors. It was also an opportunity to capture our true story, written by one of our great writers but also the extensive program of border trade with Barbatro. By democratizing, Messidor there has not fulfilled its mission thinner.
Opera "Messidor" Emile Zola: a successful gamble
Initially when the idea germinated, it almost twenty-five years, moreover, the project seemed crazy. But under cross-border trade with Barbastro "Messidor" saw the light of day for two performances. Nothing, in fact, been neglected. Initially, there is the site of this small village Carla-Bayle, perched on a rocky outcrop, one September evening bathed in the iridescent sky with a magnificent sunset. Then there is the brand new theater Cruzet, outdoors, leaning against the wall of rocks and bricks for an unusual sound and a pretty magical place for any representation. There is also the public came in droves both nights, so that a chair was not yet available, a curious and attentive audience including, for many, this was the opportunity to see, live, for first time a live opera.
There are also artists, while both actors and singers, beating well a difficult art, and the singers, they were professionals or amateurs, giving the musicians on these evenings the best of themselves and their instruments. Finally, there was also the story and the author, Emile Zola, the prosecutor, through a genre he has visited without our collective memory can remember always, his relentless pursuit of human nature, its conflicts of interest, in short, of class struggle.
Ode to human nature
Especially since we left quickly captivated by this family Ariege nineteenth century fighting tooth and nail to survive on his plot of land opposite the industrial machine that crushes everything in its path, for profit, to extract gold, a symbol of wealth but also the devastating folly that can engendrer.D a kind rarely employed at Le Carla-Bayle, home of humanist philosopher , made two evenings a hymn to human nature, served by an excellence which it revels. Coming in a curious spectacle, free moreover, it sometimes falls on a rock in its purest form: it was at Carla thanks to the combined talents of professionals and amateurs.
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