
La Vie en Rose
Journey back to the streets and cabarets of Paris with Grammy-winning opera diva and stage chanteuse extraordinaire, Julia Migenes. Let her interpretations of the songs of Jacques Brel and François Robert, Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy, and other masters of the art, carry you to the city of lights and romance. Completely inhabiting each song’s persona, Migenes is your guide through lovelorn heartache, wistful despair, playful reminiscence, whispered regret – conjuring time and place: the wee hours of the morning on the left bank, an umbrella-crowded rainy afternoon on the Rue de Rivoli, an evening in a smoke-filled bar in the Marais. Her expressive body language and vocal eloquence serve as universal translations of the classic chansons, giving clear and elegant meaning to every phrase.
Accompanied on piano by Victoria Kirsch and directed by Oscar-nominated director Peter Medak, Migenes is the quintessential instrument through which these songs of hope, despair, and love come once again to vivid life.
Dates / Tickets / Special Events
“MASTERFUL… one of those rare divas whose singing is superior, whose acting would pass the Stanislavsky test, and who looks like the part she’s playing… hurry to the Odyssey Theatre.”
“VOCALIST/ACTRESS EXTRAORDINAIRE … a most romantic, nostalgic of evenings.”
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Credits / Cast / Crew
Production
Directed by Peter Medak
Accompanied by Victoria H. Kirsch
Scenic Designer Chris Bell
Lighting Designer Bosco Flanagan
Sound Designer Christopher Moscatiello
Stage Manager Jacob Price
Producer Beth Hogan
MUSICAL SELECTIONS
MON HOMME: Music by Maurice Yvain with French lyrics by Jacques-Charles and Albert Willametz
MILORD written by Georges Moustaki/Marguerite Monnot • HIER ENCORE by Charles Aznavour
LA BOHÈME by Charles Aznavour • AVEC LE TEMPS by Léo Ferre • TU NE DIS JAMAIS RIEN by Léo Ferré
LES PAUMÉS DU PETIT MATIN by François Rauber and Jacques Brel
LA CHANSON DES VIELLES AMANTS by Jacques Brel
A MAN AND A WOMAN Lyrics by Pierre Barouh, Music by Francis Lai
LA VALSE DES LILAS by Michel Legrand, Eddie Barclay, Edmond Bacri, Edouard Ruault, Eddie Marnay
LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG Lyrics by Jacques Demy, Music by Michel Legrand
Cast
Starring Julia Migenes


