The future master of the institution has just completed the recruitment of 50 young people aged 11 to 16 years old. They will receive comprehensive training starting in September and will participate in their first productions next season. Le Figaro witnessed the final auditions.
Palpable excitement this Saturday morning. In the confidence of Studio Bastille, the Paris Opera has just begun the final round of recruitment for its future children’s chorus leader. Auditions are ongoing, as can be seen on the doors. From 9:30 am until late afternoon, a continuous ballet of blonde heads – and more or less white voices – will pass in front of the four members of the final jury. Among them, Morgan Jourdain, their future chorus director, and Myriam Mazouzi, director of the Paris Opera Academy. But also Ching-Lien Wu, director of the Opera Chorus. And the boss of the place: Alexander Neef!
With scores in hand, they scrutinize every inflection of voice. Every richly dressed diction. But also each person’s ability to handle rhythmic challenges. To color a phrase. To channel their stress. Or to blend in with the accompanying pianist present to help them. Behind the half-closed doors of the modest auditorium, cohorts of…
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