Experiencing medieval music in the present
Performances on tour
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Adam de la Halle - Participatory format - création 2026
STABAT MATER with Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu
J. da Todi (vers 1230-1306) A. Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Medieval song, traditional singing, overtone singing
Participatory format available
THE THEATRE OF THE DIVINE COMEDY
Cine-performance
A 13th-century musical journey
Participatory show
Booking conditions and technical riders are available upon request from our administrator.
THE PLAY OF ROBIN & MARION
Adam de la Halle - Participatory format - création 2026
6 persons on tour
Le Jeu de Robin et Marion (The Play of Robin and Marion) is often considered the earliest surviving musical comedy in Western music history. It was written in the 1280s by the trouvère—a Picard-language singer-songwriter—Adam de la Halle (1240–1288), also known as Adam d'Arras.
A Jeu de Robin et Marion recreated for our time. A Jeu that is not a historical reenactment, but an act of transmission. It turns this ancient story into a shared experience filled with emotions and values that still resonate today: resisting the absurd, and always believing in hope, strength, and the collective spirit of the group.
Creative Partners: Fontfroide Abbey, Sylvanès Abbey, Clermont-Auvergne-Opéra, Mâcon Symphonies, Centre International de Musiques Médiévales.
STABAT MATER with le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu
Jacopone da Todi (vers 1230-1306) Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
8 to 9 persons on tour
Two musical ensembles: one observing medieval traces from Clermont-Ferrand, the other specializing in researching and bringing to light Baroque scores from Lyon.
The supplication of the Stabat Mater is an excerpt from the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary. It focuses on the fifth sorrow, as Mary stands at the foot of the Cross. We have chosen 13th-century laude from the Cortona manuscript to enrich this project.
This creative project centered on the Stabat Mater revolves around a form of "sacred cry" from any person—from near or far, past or present—suffering the loss of a child. Around this pivotal work by Vivaldi, together with Khaï-Dong Luong, we have woven a tapestry of ancient chants and modern sorrows... Responding to Vivaldi's melodies are medieval songs, yet each medieval piece serves as a threshold opening onto another time, another lament.
INITIATION TO FREEDOM
Medieval song, traditional singing, overtone singing
2 to 3 persons on tour
Two distinctive voices—overtone singing and medieval song—intertwine for a performance that reflects our collective ability to "create community."
- Sunrise: featuring bird song and the promise of a new day.
- The Middle Ages: evoked through the songs recorded in the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat manuscript.
- The Water: from the source we drink, to the sea upon which the sailor navigates. Isabeau, left behind on dry land, laments her lover's departure across the ocean.
- The Celebration: with young men coming down from the mountain to dance in their wooden clogs. But where is Yoyette? Perhaps at church... One thing is certain: there will always be a song to fill the heart and soul.
THE THEATRE OF THE DIVINE COMEDY
Cine-performance
1 to 2 persons on tour
Between 2017 and 2023, Bruno Bonhoure and Khaï-Dong Luong, together with the musicians of La Camera delle Lacrime and actors Denis Lavant, Matthieu Dessertine, Camille Cobbi, and Marion Noon, took on the challenge of retelling Dante Alighieri’s Commedia through music and singing his poetry in Italian. This gave rise to a cycle of four creations, leading to 46 performances spanning nearly every major musical period of the Western Middle Ages (from the 12th to the 15th century), with nearly 800 amateur singers performing alongside them. The Theatre of the Divine Comedy is a film shot by an American crew between 2017 and 2019, with post-production completed in 2024. For this event, we invite you to reinvent our relationship with the screen through an interactive screening. We will comment on the footage, answer your questions, and share through music Dante’s cosmology as well as the creative process behind the Dante Troubadour cycle. Cast & Credits: Inferno: Denis Lavant, reader Andreas Linos, viola d’arco, lyra Antoine Morineau, percussion Christophe Tellart, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, flutes, duduk Purgatorio: Matthieu Dessertine, reader Leah Stuttard, vocals, harp Vivabiancaluna Biffi, vocals, fiddle Pierre Hamon, flutes, drum, bagpipes Paradiso: Camille Cobbi, reader Clémence Montagne, vocals Cristina Alís Raurich, organetto Stéphanie Petibon, viola d'arco, lute Bruno Bonhoure, musical direction, vocals, harp, bombo legüero Khaï-Dong Luong, concept and stage direction Jean Bouther, stage manager, sound and lighting Kai Duc Luong, direction and editing Heather Stone, cinematography
NOCES DE SABA - MISSA LUBA
Participatory format available
7 to 8 persons on tour
Queen of Sheba (Arabic: ملكة سبأ Malikat Sheba; Hebrew: מלכת שבא Malkat Sheva; Ge’ez: ንግሥተ ሳባ Nəgəstä Saba) The performance Noces de Saba (The Wedding of Sheba) is the invention of the event uniting Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, with King Solomon, son of King David. For this creation, we present our own adaptation and performance of the Missa Luba. This program was created as a co-production with Clermont Auvergne Opéra and the Sylvanès International Festival of Sacred Music & World Music. This project was supported by the Société Générale Exceptional Plan. Presenting Partners / Touring Venues: Festival Les Détours de Babel*, Les Musicales de Normandie, Festival de La Chaise-Dieu, Festival Les Sacrées Journées de Strasbourg*, Musée national du Moyen Âge in Paris (Cluny Museum), Festival Baroque de Pontoise, Théâtre Antoine Vitez in Ivry-sur-Seine*, Festival Vochora in Tournon-sur-Rhône, Festival Jean de La Fontaine in Château-Thierry* *Performance presented in a participatory format.
Présentation du projet à l'abbaye de Sylvanès (12)
KARAKORUM
A 13th-Century Musical Journey
7 to 8 persons on tour
This concert is inspired by the story of Franciscan monk Guillaume of Rubrouck who traveled to Karakorum, the ancient capital of the Mongol empire, some twenty years prior to Marco Polo's famed journey. Inside the great Mangu Khan's court, the monk organizes a theological controversy on the eve of year 1254's Pentecost. His story survived thanks to a manuscript letter addressed to the King Louis IX.
Program created in copoduction with la Fondation Royaumont, the city of Gonesse, le Festival de la Chaise-Dieu and with the support of the city of St Leu d’Esserent. In 2024, a participatory performance will be created with the partnership of Clermont-Auvergne-Opéra.
Représentation à Grenoble (38)
An exciting experience. - TÉLÉRAMA
A moment of striking grace - LE MONDE
Absolutely sumptuous - FRANCE 3
LIVRE VERMEIL DE MONTSERRAT
Participatory format available
7 to 8 persons on tour
A Pilgrimage Experienced from Within "La Camera delle Lacrime invites us on a true journey-pilgrimage with this concert. A genuinely new vision of the score... I now know what I was missing when listening to the recording: presence and live performance. The bliss of the unexpected, of the inspiring moment, of the silence that deepens the music, of the joy of singing and playing. The magic of a deeply moving performance in which the inspired singer breathes, through martial gestures, a Marian music." - Marc Dumont – France Musique Our wish is to turn our performances into moments where the artistic act reclaims its primal gesture of transcendence and emancipation. This is reflected in this project, where over 800 choristers have shared the stage alongside the ensemble's artists for memorable musical moments, embodying the voice and gestures of the pilgrims traveling to Montserrat. This program was co-produced with the Festival de la Chaise-Dieu and the Royaumont Foundation. In 2024, in partnership with the Centre International des Musiques Médiévales de Montpellier, we are working on the creation of a Vermeil Gitan (Gypsy Vermeil), bringing medieval music and Gypsy music into dialogue.
Représentation à la Fondation Royaumont (95)