LA VOIX AU CHAPITRE

What if children showed us the way?

Before they became art forms, singing and dancing were magical practices. And today, why do we sing? Why do we dance? There are a thousand possible answers. 

La voix au chapitre gives the floor back to children, through words, movement, and song. This sung and danced creation, developed in collaboration with the choir leaders of the Finoreille project, affirms our natural capacity for care and empathy. Inspired by the invocatory and universal dimension of Meredith Monk’s repertoire, we sing and dance to bring things into being, to bend reality, to become seekers of joy.

Tutti rehearsals:
– December 6–7, 2025, at the Opéra de Lille
– January 24–25, 2026, at Le Prato, Lille
– March 9–10, 2026, at La Condition Publique, Roubaix
– June 5–7, 2026, at the Opéra de Lille

CREATION: June 20–21, 2026 at the Opéra de Lille.
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LA VOIX AU CHAPITRE
Creation 2026

Cast

  • Musical direction Christine Rigaud
  • Stage direction Mylène Benoit
  • Assistant Stage Directors Alexandre Da Silva, Élise Daubié
  • Music Nicolas Devos, Pénélope Michel (Puce Moment / Cercueil)
  • Piano Jacques Schab
  • Choir Conductors Aude Barbier, Claire Bellamy, Perrine Cutzach, Mélodie Delannoy, Pascale Diéval-Wils, Aubéry Groulez, Marie-Pierre Labro, Thibaut Waxin
    With the 350 children from the Opéra de Lille’s Finoreille workshops.
  • Photos Mylène Benoit et Eloïse Malavaux
  • The Opéra de Lille has entrusted Mylène Benoit of the Contour Progressif company with the staging of La voix au chapitre, the next Finoreille production.
  • Production Opéra de Lille