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LE DOCTEUR MIRACLE
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LE DOCTEUR MIRACLE

Route Lyrique 2025
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Comic opera in one act
Libretto by Léon Battu and Ludovic Halévy
Duration: 1h10
No intermission
CHF:
Jun 2025
Friday
Mézières
20
June 2025
20:00
Théâtre du Jorat
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Tuesday
Ecublens
24
June 2025
21:00
Représentation réservée aux habitants d'Ecublens
Wednesday
Grandson
25
June 2025
19:00
Salle des Quais
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Saturday
Bussigny
28
June 2025
20:00
Grande salle
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Sunday
Renens
29
June 2025
17:00
Salle des spectacles
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Jul 2025
Tuesday
Aubonne
01
July 2025
19:30
Centre Culturel et Sportif du Chêne
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Wednesday
Bex
02
July 2025
19:00
Grande Salle du Parc
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Friday
Prilly
04
July 2025
19:00
Grande salle
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Saturday
Cully
05
July 2025
20:00
Salle Davel
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Sunday
Lausanne
06
July 2025
20:00
Opéra de Lausanne, pas de réservation (entrée libre)
Tuesday
Lausanne
08
July 2025
18:00
Opéra de Lausanne, pas de réservation (entrée libre)
Wednesday
Le Brassus
09
July 2025
19:30
Casino du Brassus
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Thursday
Riddes
10
July 2025
19:00
Salle de l'Abeille
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It all began with a competition launched by Jacques Offenbach

to honour the composition of a comic opera based on a libretto by Léon Battu and Ludovic Halévy, a farce starring the hilarious figure of a charlatan chef: Doctor Miracle. The story? Young Laurette is in love with Captain Silvio, but her father, the Podestà of Padua, and her stepmother Véronique don’t intend to let anything come of it. Disguises and deception ensue. In the end, theatre and love triumph joyfully over the father’s tyranny, playing on his hypochondriac fears.

Out of 78 competitors, Charles Lecocq and Georges Bizet, aged 18 at the time, tied for first place. First performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens in 1857, Bizet’s version disappeared for a century before being rediscovered and revived by the Conservatoire de Paris. It is still too rarely performed, given its contagious merriment and the great pleasure it brings to audiences. Light-hearted lyrics whizz in every direction, set to music with hilarious imitations of different styles, while the dish of choice is a real treat: the omelette quartet with parody sauce.

Pierre Lebon directs this delightful one-act pocket operetta with a great sense of humour, adding a comedian to the four characters who serve up this lively little gem of freshness and verve. A nod to Bizet and his Carmen that will conclude the season, offering his early work as a mirror image of his universal masterpiece.


Since 2010, La Route Lyrique has pursued a policy – unique in French-speaking Switzerland – of professional integration for singers and instrumentalists graduating from the HEMU and HEM-GE.

First performance at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, April 9, 1857 

Hugh MacDonald Editions © Fishergate Music

Musical director
Anthony Fournier
Director, set design and costumes
Pierre Lebon
Lighting
Bertrand Killy
Laurette
Naïma Wanshe
Véronique
Carine Séchaye
Le Capitaine Silvio
Jean Miannay
Le Podestat de Padoue
Rémi Ortega
L'assistant du Docteur Miracle
Pierre Lebon

Ensemble instrumental de l’Opéra de Lausanne, composé d’étudiants de l’HEMU