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A daring musical partnership with the Théâtre du Châtelet
Outside its financing and investment activities, Crédit Agricole CIB supports cultural endeavours. The Bank became a sponsor of the Théâtre du Châtelet in 2010 and each year is associated with a specific production. For its first year the partnership sponsored Vincenzo Bellini's opera Norma; for 2011, Gioacchino Rossini's Barber of Seville has been chosen.
Crédit Agricole CIB is pleased to be a partner of the Théâtre du Châtelet, a creative institution that has left its mark on the cultural life of Paris since its origins.
A daring musical partnership
As a partner of the Théâtre du Châtelet since introducing the Bank’s new brand name in January 2010, each year Crédit Agricole CIB chooses to be associated with a specific production. For the 2010-2011 season, Crédit Agricole CIB is supporting the production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Emilio Sagi and staged six times from January 20 to 30, 2011.This partnership is in line with the commitments made by the Crédit Agricole group since 2000. After a residence at the Glyndebourne Festival in early 2002 and the Regions Festival in 2003 and 2004, the Group pressed on with its partnership policy with the following productions: Les Troyens in 2003 as part of the Berlioz bicentennial, Les Paladins in 2004, Le Chanteur de Mexico in 2006 and Candide in 2007.
In 2010, Crédit Agricole CIB supported the production of Vincenzo Bellini’s opera Norma. Described as astonishing and heterogeneous, this Norma was part of the desire of Jean-Luc Choplin, the managing director of the Théâtre du Châtelet since 2006, to maintain a tradition of excellence in terms of lyric and choreographic creation while staging artistic events favouring audacity and a light spirit.
The commitment of Crédit Agricole CIB to the Théâtre du Châtelet is part of its wish to pursue a daring and innovative policy combining originality, creativity and notoriety.
Enjoy yourselves!
The Barber of Seville, by Gioacchino Rossini
A young man is in love with an ingénue whom he frees from the clutches of an old man who wants to keep her for himself. From this timeless canvas, Beaumarchais derived an insolent play that Rossini made famous by adapting it to the opera.
© Marie-Noëlle Robert
The Barber of Seville was staged from January 20 to 30, 2011. On January 20, more than 1,000 of the Bank’s clients attended the first representation of the Barber of Seville, in an exclusively private Théâtre du Châtelet.
© Marie-Noëlle Robert
Norma, by Vincenzo Bellini
Norma is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with a libretto by Felice Romani and is based on the tragedy by Alexandre Soumet, Norma or the Infanticide. It was first staged on December 26, 1831 at La Scala in Milan under the composer’s direction.
© Marie-Noëlle Robert
The action takes place in Roman-occupied Gaul and describes the amorous intrigue that links Pollione, the Roman proconsul, to Norma, his former companion, and the young Adalgisa. The uprising of the Gauls led by the druid Oroveso provides a backdrop to the intrigue.
© Marie-Noëlle Robert
On January 26, 2010, Calyon invited more than 1,000 clients to the Théâtre du Châtelet to celebrate the bank’s new name, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank. The theater was entirely decorated and illuminated in the colors of the new logo.
Some background on the Théâtre du Châtelet
The Théâtre du Châtelet’s ambitions take three principal directions:
- opening up theater to all types of audiences,
- breaking down the barriers between the arts, with audacity as the key concept,
- providing ample room for contemporary creations and young artists.
On August 19, 1862, the Théâtre Impérial du Châtelet staged its inaugural production in the presence of the Empress Eugénie: Rothomago, the extravaganza of Mssrs Ennery, Clairville and Monnier. With 2,500 seats and a 24- by 35-meter stage, the theater was then the largest in Paris.
Throughout decades the Théâtre du Châtelet has always offered original productions featuring the leading artists of each epoch such as Diaghilev and Nijinsky at the start of the 20th century. From the 1920s to the 1960s, the theater staged musicals that were popular on Broadway such as Mississippi Show Boat.
After renovation work the theater reopened in 1980 under the name Théâtre Musical de Paris (TMP) with an eclectic and innovative program attracting a new audience. In 1989, the theater returned to its original name of Théâtre du Châtelet and continued its creative and innovative work.
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Website of the Théâtre du Châtelet (in French)
