On Purge Bebe Opera in One Act

Artista: Boesmans / Bou / Devos

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: FUGL

Catalogo: 818

I’d read On purge bébé ! even before I composed Pinocchio. I said to myself: ‘This is a wonderful play… but it’s impossible to turn it into an opera’. And if I say something like that, it means that I’m going to do it – it’s like I’m setting myself a kind of challenge! I liked a lot of things in this play. It’s rather malicious, as it presents an image of a smug, pretentious, and uneducated petty bourgeoisie and their complete dishonesty. I don’t think anyone has ever done an opera based one of Feydeau’s plays – at least, not that I know of. People don’t think of turning Feydeau into an opera