After spending six years in prison, a solitary con artist embarks on a journey of reintegration. Suddenly, a woman claiming to be his daughter appears, bringing up a missing sum of money, a cult, and an heiress tied to wartime exploitation. With the support of a therapist who was involved throughout his incarceration, the characters delve into a world of deception, identity quests, and shared guilt. This existential thriller delves into the fragmented nature of reality and memory.
In French.
Renowned pianist Sir András Schiff will perform as part of the Les Grands Interprètes series, offering a selection of pieces by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. The exact program will be revealed on the evening of the concert.
Created by the company Alliance Créative, COMME UN LUNDI is a fully improvised theatre piece that probes the textures of modern work life. The five performers — Nina Cachelin, Deborah Chirenti, Malik Kaufmann, Adrien Laplana and Eric Lecoultre — conjure shifting office micro-worlds, from awkward ambition to quiet complicity. Through rapid character shifts, minimalist staging and elastic rhythm, the troupe maps rivalries, unspoken desires and the absurdity of ‘bullshit jobs’, producing moments both comic and quietly unsettling.
In French.
Marc Ribot, a restless guitar legend, delivers an incandescent solo set that fuses jazz and Latin influences into a singular sonic journey. A catalyst of sounds, Ribot has shaped entire musical worlds alongside Tom Waits, the Lounge Lizards and Jim Jarmusch, and his recent album Map of a Blue City (2025) further confirms his adventurous virtuosity. In concert his playing becomes an immersive exploration of texture, rhythm and melody, moving from tender intimacy to volcanic intensity.
Returning after two decades on the scene, Odezenne presents the Bordeaux trio’s genre-defying sound, mixing blunt, poetic lyrics with autotuned waltzes and shrewd social observation. Live they balance intimate, melancholic passages with sudden, cathartic eruptions, where close-knit interplay and textural layering create an enveloping sonic atmosphere. The set privileges rhythmic play, vocal contrasts and raw emotional intensity, offering a concentrated, immersive concert experience that reflects the group’s restless, uncompromising outlook.
Inspired by the accounts of women mountaineers, this performance intertwines mountaineering, feminism, and ecology. Two women, united against the elements, commemorate a vanished glacier, confronting fear and hope. The mountain emerges as a symbol of both endangered nature and the solidarity of humanity in need of rebuilding.
In French.
World premiere in French at La Cité Bleue
Music: Thomas Leininger | Libretto: Cédric Costantino & Tina Hartmann
What if the dinosaurs missed Noah’s Ark—not because of a meteorite, but because a sundial was thrown off by the clouds? In this whimsical yet thought-provoking opera, Charles Darwin and his beloved Galápagos iguana travel through time to give dinosaurs a second chance. Boarding a fantastical ship, the creatures set off in search of a magical plant that might transform them into birds and save them from the Flood.
Part satire, part tender fable, Les Dinos et l’Arche brings together humans, animals, and extinct species in a distorted mirror of our own changing society. Through absurd dialogues, wild transformations, and a swirl of humor and emotion, the opera reminds us that survival often demands reinvention.
Directed by Julien Condemine, with musical direction by Leonardo García-Alarcón, and performed by a vibrant cast and a ten-piece ensemble, this visually daring and musically rich production draws on baroque influences to speak to curious minds of all ages.
Kids ages 10 and up.
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