Just in: French opera festival is cancelled

We are told that the Opéra Côté Jardin, built around a production of Gounod’s Faust, has been called off at the eleventh hour, apparently for lack of funds.

The artists have been notified, but there has been no formal announcement.

The organiser is the French baritone Norbert Dol.

Intended cast:

Marguerite………………………..Nathalie Manfrino
Faust……………………………… Jean-Noël Briend
Méphistophélès…………………..Rubén Amoretti
Valentin……………………………Norbert Dol
Siebel ……………………………..Judith Gauthier
Wagner…………………………….Frédéric Leroy

Direction musicale …………………Geoffrey Styles
Mise en scène …………………………Norbert Dol
Eclairage ………………………………Marc-Antoine Vellutini
Régie générale ……………..…………Claudine Garcia

Chœur et orchestre Région Paca