1.0Opera Zuidhttps://operazuid.nl/en/Fanny Bartelshttps://operazuid.nl/en/author/fanny/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dT89gCyTdP"><a href="https://operazuid.nl/en/performance/les-enfants-terribles/">Les Enfants Terribles</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://operazuid.nl/en/performance/les-enfants-terribles/embed/#?secret=dT89gCyTdP" width="600" height="338" title="“Les Enfants Terribles” — Opera Zuid" data-secret="dT89gCyTdP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://operazuid.nl/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://operazuid.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Campagnebeeld_Les_Enfants_Terribles_horizontaal_LR_vierkant-scaled.jpg25602560Les Enfants Terribles; Gérard tells the story of his friends, brother Paul and sister Lise, who live in their own fantasy world. Orphaned and dependent on each other, they spend their days in their room, where they play the ‘game’. Gérard is Paul and Lise’s only friend and link to the outside world. As they grow older, their intense bond becomes increasingly destructive. When it becomes too oppressive for Lise, she starts working as a model and meets Agathe there. What started as a childish fantasy grows into a web in which everyone becomes entangled. Four singers and three pianos. That's all it takes to tell a gripping story about the driving, transcendent and sometimes destructive power of imagination. Philip Glass’ chamber opera Les Enfants Terribles Philip Glass’ is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by French poet, writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. The music is, in the words of director Béatrice Lachaussée, ‘enchanting, fascinating, hypnotic, sometimes cheerful and sometimes oppressive’. Glass is known for his repetitive minimal music. In Les Enfants Terribles, this music immediately evokes strong images. For Lachaussée, the music describes life, which just keeps going on and on, with ups and downs. There is no escape: once you get on that carousel, you have to finish the ride. Thanks to her love for the imaginary art world of Cocteau and her great visual imagination, Lachaussée is the director for Les Enfants Terribles. She previously directed Cocteau's La Voix Humaine (2020) for Opera Zuid, and the family opera Een lied voor de maan (2021/2023). This time she is working with scenographer Jorine van Beek. Together they create a stage design in which the young singers of the National Opera Studio can bring the dark fantasy world of Les Enfants Terribles to life. Les Enfants Terribles is a co-production of Opera Zuid, De Nationale Opera and the Nederlandse Reisopera, and thus part of the collaboration between the three opera companies to stimulate talent development. Enter the mesmerizing world of Les Enfants Terribles where fantasy and reality become indistinguishable. Les Enfants Terribles lasts ninety-five minutes and is sung in French, with Dutch and English surtitles.