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URL:https://nlocale.fr/en/evenements/villers-cotterets-2026-12-05-c8587f28/
SUMMARY:Claudel à Rio à Villers-Cotterêts
DESCRIPTION:The musical reading “Claudel à Rio”, texts by Paul Claudel read by an actress with the Geister Duo at the piano, takes place on Saturday 5 December 2026 at 18:00 in the auditorium of the Cité internationale de la langue française in Villers-Cotterêts, for 10 to 15 €.\nI am inviting you on Saturday 5 December 2026 at 18:00 to the auditorium of the Cité internationale de la langue française in Villers-Cotterêts for “Claudel à Rio”.\n\nPaul Claudel, a tireless traveller and diplomat, wrote “L’Homme et son désir” while passing through Rio, where he heard Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” for the first time. The evening brings both works to the stage: an actress reads Claudel’s texts, accompanied by the pianists of the Geister Duo, David Salmon and Manuel Vieillard. The duo won first prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2021.\n\nThis musical reading is part of the themed day “La langue des voyageurs”, devoted to the languages and writing of travel, and of the festival Les Belles Pages de l’Aisne, in partnership with ADAMA. The performance lasts an hour and a quarter and is open to all audiences.\n\nTickets cost 15 € at full price and 10 € at the reduced rate (students, jobseekers, people on minimum benefits or AAH, under-26s). Booking is available from the Cité’s page; information on 03 64 92 43 43.\nDate: Saturday 5 December 2026 at 18:00, running time 1h15. Venue: auditorium, Cité internationale de la langue française, 1 Place Aristide Briand, Villers-Cotterêts. Prices: 15 €, reduced 10 € (students, jobseekers, minimum benefits, AAH, under-26s). All audiences. Information: 03 64 92 43 43.\nI am taking you to Rio without leaving Villers-Cotterêts, which remains the cheapest way I know to cross the Atlantic. Do keep an ear on the two pianos: Stravinsky joins the evening, and in my experience he has never been one for slipping into a room unnoticed.\nClaudel à Rio, a musical reading in Villers-Cotterêts\nLecture musicale Claudel à Rio on 5 December 2026 at 18:00, Cité in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne: the Geister Duo on piano, Stravinsky, 10 to 15 €.\nWho plays the music in “Claudel à Rio”?\nThe pianists of the Geister Duo, David Salmon and Manuel Vieillard.\nWhich works are performed?\n“L’Homme et son désir” by Paul Claudel and “The Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky.\nHow much are tickets?\n15 € at full price and 10 € at the reduced rate, which includes under-26s.\nHow long is the performance?\nIt lasts an hour and a quarter, starting at 18:00.
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