Marc Brunet

Pierre Gervais croyait avoir tout raconté. Mais la rédaction du premier tome d’Au cœur du vestiaire, les nombreuses réactions à la sortie de ce best-seller vendu à plus de 86 000 exemplaires a fait ressurgir en lui des centaines d’autres souvenirs, sans compter ceux des gens qu’il a côtoyés au fil des 35 ans de sa carrière dans le vestiaire du Canadien qui se sont chargé de lui rappeler certains moments inédits et dignes de mention. …

This production resuscitates Gounod s original composition, largely forgotten. A triumph for Minkowski, conducting at the Opera national de Paris, it attracted more than 1 million viewers when broadcast on TV! No competition on DVD or Bluray At last, Mireille one of the most original works of the 19th century has found its rightful place at the Palais Garnier. In 1854, a young Provençal poet, Fredéric Mistral, founded a literary association with a few other people, the aim of which was to uphold and illustrate its language and culture. They called this school Félibrige, a word of mysterious origin - a blend of joy, books and freedom. In 1859, he took things one step further and gave Félibrige its battle flag and masterpiece, Miréio, a vast epic love poem. As it happened, Gounod, whose Faust was created that year, read Mireille shortly after publication and was full of enthusiasm and went to Saint-Rémy de Provence to seek out this passionate music. Due to its singularity and density, the work has had a difficult career and was revised and altered several times. In 1939, Guy Ferrant and Henri Busser, disciples of Gounod, restored the original and Mireille was finally restored from the fine midsummer's morning and its dancing to the gripping scene in the desert-like Crau region.