To those who predict a black future for journalism, I recommend that they go to the opera. That is older than the press (The Paris Opera turns 350).
- "What a comparison, Iñaki. Do not fuck", many answer me, surprised. Who goes to the opera? They babble without knowing that today it is tasted in cinemas with popcorn or in streaming . Those unbelievers would have wanted to see in the Bastille on Friday, at the premiere of Les Indes Galantes . Twelve minutes of applause, with the entire room standing. The Financial Times critic has put 4 out of 5. Everyone talks about the function. "It's the season premiere," they anticipated me. It is.
Les indes ... is a heroic ballet premiered in 1735 at the Académie royale. It was 20 years before an Italian troupe arrived in Paris, les bouffons , and after an epic fight, the Italian opera format was imposed. In the gala court, "the show had to be directed to the eyes as to the ear. Decorations, costumes, dance and machines were as important as music," writes Philippe Beaussant. From Versailles to the Bastille room, monarchy to the Republic, how little the public changes. The genius has been to commission the staging of Clément Cogitore, avant-garde virgin filmmaker in opera. For a 6 'clip that he recorded two years ago with the music of Les indes ... and dancers of Krump , hip hop variant of the black ghettos of Los Angeles. One of its choreographers, Bintou Dembelé, is responsible for the assembly's choreography.
Cogitore: " Les Indes ... tell the story of some young people dancing around a volcano. A volcano in the 18th century was harmless. Today it is very real and on the verge of eruption." The good savages who then presented themselves as colonial novelty to the Court today sell crack in the suburbs of Paris. And they dance hip hop .
With these wicks they have sewn a four-hour show, bright, modern. Funny and that makes you think. Beautiful. Spectacular. With that and with the elegant music of Jean Philippe Rameau, of course. Training and profession organist, Rameau did not start composing until well into his 40s, when he married a singer of 19.
Today as yesterday. In journalism and opera, the important thing is to have a story to tell , talent to tell it well and ... means, of course.
That is why, last night, we offered for 30 years of THE WORLD. For us, skeptical journalists who leave the skin for an exclusive, a cane theme, a title with a hook. It goes for you, readers. For the next 30 years.
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