Juliette Hurel

An exceptional destiny. A vibrant tribute to the most important figure of the Roaring Twenties, a unique performance. 

The myth of Misia Sert comes to life before our very eyes... The woman who was nicknamed the Queen of Paris during her lifetime embodied the essence of the twenties: a fiery and fearless woman, determined and independent, whose talent bewitched. 

An intimate of artistic and intellectual circles, she was a muse and patron of the greatest, like Proust, Toulouse-Lautrec, Mallarmé, Cocteau... She made Fauré cry when she announced his engagement, Satie dedicated Les Morceaux en forme de poire to her, Ravel, La Valse, and to thank her for her support, Stravinsky offered her an annotated score of Sacre du printemps. Her name was on everyone's lips, and she remains, even today, one of the greatest sources of inspiration for the whole of Paris.

Illustrated by pages by Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel, Poulenc and Fauré, this is an exceptional show about the musical life of one of the most flamboyant figures of female emancipation. The three performers, in perfect osmosis, deliver an intrepid proposition evoking the initiatory ordeal of a woman seizing the right to exist by herself. 

DEBUSSY 
En bateau (transcription Léopold Lafleurance)

FAURÉ
Piece (extract)

DEBUSSY
Le petit nègre (transcription: Jan Merry)

LISZT
Liebestraum (extract)

FAURÉ
Fantaisie

DEBUSSY
Golliwog's cakewalk

STRAVINSKY 
Serenata d’après Pergolèse, from the italian suite
Russian Dance

DEBUSSY
Pelléas and Mélisande: « A well in the park » (extracts)
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (trans. Gustave Samazeuilh) 

POULENC
First mouvement of the sonata

SATIE
Gymnopédie n.1
Le prestidigitateur chinois extrait de Parade

RAVEL
La valse (extract)
Pavane pour une infante défunte (transcription Louis Fleury)

POULENC
Third mouvement of the sonata

FAURÉ
Après un rêve

Cast :
Julie Depardieu, narrator
Juliette Hurel, flute
Hélène Couvert, piano
Stephan Druet, staging

Original creation by the artists based on the life and memoirs of Misia Sert