Art saves us: the musical Notre Dame De Paris

The eternal power of the theater and the desire to escape, after two years of pandemic and the beginning of the war in Ukraine

Art and music can save from a black period: thus, after two years of pandemic and the beginning of the war in Ukraine, many people feel the need to escape and return to theaters, which have been closed for too long. due to anti-Covid measures.

The case of the musical Notre Dame De Paris once again demonstrates the saving power of culture and entertainment: defined as “the most famous modern popular opera in the world”, in 2022 it celebrates twenty years of successes that began in 2002.

In fact, during this period the show is on tour in Italy and tickets are selling like hotcakes. After the acclaimed debut at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan on March 3, the tour continues and is enriched with new stages in great demand: Florence, Jesolo, Codroipo (Udine), and other replicas in Milan, where the musical will remain on stage until to April 4th.

“Notre Dame De Paris”, signed by the great Italian artist Riccardo Cocciante, will really touch every corner passing through Ancona, Rome, Reggio Calabria, Lugano (Switzerland), Genoa, Lanciano, Ferrara, San Pancrazio Salentino, Pula (Cagliari), Palermo, Torre del Lago (Lucca), Naples, Bari, Catania, Eboli, Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna) and Turin, ending in December 2022 in Trieste.

On the occasion of this celebratory tour, the original cast returns to interpret the characters Esmeralda, Quasimodo, Frollo, Clopin, Gringoire, Febo, and Fiordaliso, twenty years after the opera’s debut on the stages of Italy on March 14, 2002, at GranTeatro di Roma: this is an immortal show, which with art and music contributes to launch a transversal message of union against the war of Russia in Ukraine:

“Now we all get carried away, for peace” said Cocciante to the full cast gathered on stage at the end of the Milanese premiere.

For the show there will be 1346 performances, translations in 9 languages ​​Korean and Polish included, for 13 million spectators worldwide. The opera, an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel by Luc Plamondon and Pasquale Panella under the direction of director Gilles Maheu, is an international production with choreography and stage movements by Martino Müller, costumes by Fred Sathal, and scenes by Christian Ratz.