L’ÉTOILE
Opera Zuid
Parktheater Eindhoven, then touring the Netherlands
Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
Librettists: Eugène Leterrier & Albert Vanloo
Conductor: Nicolas Krüger
Director: Matthew Eberhardt
Set & Costume Designer: Zahra Mansouri
Hair & Make-up Designer: Pilo Pilkes
Assistant Conductor & Chorus Leader: Bianca Chillemi
Assistant Director & Movement: Nicole Morel
Assistant Director & Language Coach: Geoffrey Boissy
Répétiteur: Adelina Gansvind
Orchestra: Philzuid
Chorus: Theaterkoor Opera Zuid
Stage Manager: Joseph Lenehan
Stage Manager: Arlette Schriek
Production Manager: Anna Trentelman
Technical Manager: Sylvain Smeets
Artistic Technical Coordination: Nathalie Smeets
Lighting Programmer: MartinJan Gaasbeek
Opening Date: 17th May 2026
Production Photographer: Joost Milde & Bjorn Frins
“[…] all of this positioned in front of an immense blue lapis lazuli circle (lighting design by Danny Vavrečka), a nod to the flagship character’s name. This voluntarily whimsical and childlike world finely aligns itself with the fantastical story and the king’s extravagant nature.”