Beauty and the Beast

Association Les Amis de L'Esparrou
Belle: Louise de Swarte
Belle's Aunt: Victoria Esteban
The Beast: Romain Fructuoso
Gaston: Vincent Thomas
Madame Samovar : Barbara Péroneille
Big Ben: Yann Subile
Lighting: Quentin Aubert
Soloists and chorus: Maîtrise de l'IRVEM
Stage direction: Camille Viel
Choreography: Camille Viel / Marlène Marc
Video sets: Ghislain Fayard
Choir direction. Maîtrise de l'IRVEM: Bertille de Swarte

It tells the story of a young prince who lived in a sumptuous castle. Although life showered him with all its bounties, the prince was a capricious, selfish and insensitive man. One winter evening, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a rose in exchange for shelter from the cold. Repulsed by her miserable appearance, the prince chased the old woman away. She tried to make him understand that one should never trust appearances, and that true beauty comes from the heart. As punishment, she turned him into a monstrous beast and cast a spell over the castle and all its occupants.

Horrified by his appalling appearance, the Beast retired to the depths of his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window on the outside world. The rose he had been given was an enchanted one that would wither only on his twenty-first birthday. Before the last petal of the magic flower fell, the prince would have to love a woman and make her love him back in order to break the spell. Otherwise, he would be condemned to look like a monster for eternity. The more the years passed, the more the prince lost all hope of escaping this curse; for in reality, who could ever love... a beast?"