The story behind ‘The Little Prince’ is told with music and magic in ‘Antoine’; the first own premiere that the Sánchez Aguilar Theater does this year

79 years ago the French Antoine de Saint-Exupéry presented to the world a little man with golden hair, a blue cape, smiling and very curious. The little Prince it came to light for the first time to stay in the hearts of generations of readers who positioned it as a literary classic. The story behind this work will be told in the first production that the Sanchez Aguilar Theater opens this Thursday. It’s about the musical antoine, written and directed by Spanish Ignasi Vidal.

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santiago carpio He is in charge of impersonating Saint-Exupéry, a character he refers to as a school after seven years without making a musical, something that has prompted him to recover his vocal apparatus. “Coming to play this character has been an apprenticeship. Our director is a genius, the theater team is wonderful”mentions the actor from his dressing room, where he was doing the wardrobe test.

Carpio says that he is excited to be part of this project, which he describes as emotional. “He tells us all the most important moments in Antoine’s life, how he discovered this character and how the people in his daily life became the characters in the book, how de la rosa is melting with his wife, the theme of the vain with a boss that he had”, explains the protagonist.

“We see many paintings, it mixes a lot what he is writing and also his reality in front of the everyday world”Add.

And it is that The little Prince, It is nothing more than a clear autobiography of the French pilot and writer; This is how Vidal explains it, who decided to take another look at the second most translated book in history and the complete works of Saint-Exupéry. “I found it very interesting, through this musical, to describe the keys to why he wrote this book as poetic memories of his life, why they turned it into a children’s book, and to tell the truth from the perspective of his videographers and the people who knew himexpresses Spanish.

“What I present is the intrepid life of a person who was very committed to a very deep humanist thought”, Add.

He was the Spanish producer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry who proposes to Vidal to write something by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. “I had read The little Prince At the age of 10 or 12, I hadn’t understood anything, as often happens to many children who read a book that is too critical for their mentality”Vidal confesses.

After the proposal, the director and screenwriter went to all the sources of information to embark on the plane that would take him to the world of this French author. “I found a very special meaning (…) there I begin to see that the genius of this author is in the simplicity of a deep thought, but easy to understand if you are connected”, it states.

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As an inveterate reader, he consulted all the works that Saint-Exupéry had written, among them he mentions Letters to my mother Paper Planes Y The land of men this being fundamental for the writing of the script. “It is the book that helped me to understand his thought well, and how later he is able to write something like The little Prince”, mentions.

Another novelty in this staging is the Little Prince, played by Gustavo Gomez (26), who with her guayaca essence, cinnamon complexion, thick lips and golden curls breaks paradigms, showing the public a Latino version of this classic character.

He says that personifying him has been a constant discovery. “As I was able to get much more into the character, understand what the character felt, I identify myself more, because I have experienced certain qualities that he has in my personal life and also how nice it is to have these noble feelings”, says of this character whom he describes as naive and curious; qualities that are also part of his personality.

Vidal says that the Little Prince is inspired by the figure of his brother who died at the age of 15.

Among the other characters that the work will show is Mrs Reynal, interpreted by Ana Passeri. She is a key character in the life of the French author, as well as being the wife of Eugene, editor of The little Prince, It is who encouraged him to write this work. “She is one of the closest people to Antoine…she admires him so much. She motivates him by seeing Antoine’s drawings and convinces her husband Eugene to print it.”says Passeri.

“Without her I probably wouldn’t exist. The little Prince, That is why it is important to vindicate the role of this woman who is the person who gives him the kick so that he believes in himself ”highlight.

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Passeri argues that in Saint-Exupéry’s universe women are highly iconic. “They are like the references that he has to write, they are his deep inspiration”, affirms the actress and singer who is also in charge of the vocal preparation of the cast, in addition to impersonating other characters in the musical.

This is how history continues to present other women who were special to the Frenchman, one of them Silvia Hamilton, a journalist who became Saint-Exupéry’s lover during his exile in New York. “She is a very intelligent journalist, very young, she is around 23 years old and she is the one who is going to have a loving and calm relationship with Antoine”Explain Gabriela Andrade, actress in charge of giving life to this character.

“It has taken me to other places that I have not explored as an actress, working on realism more than anything, because I have been working on the fantasy part”, adds Andrade, who also plays other characters, including the snake that is a representation of the war that was going through France.

The cast is also made up of Nicole Rubira, as Consuelo (Antoine’s wife); Fabo Doja, like Eugene and other characters; Hugo Alexanderlike Henry Guillaumet and other characters; jonathan lara, like Herve Mills and other characters; Y Mirna Tujunji, like Nelly from Vogue and other characters.

antoine, the musical will celebrate its premiere this Thursday, July 21 at 8:00 p.m. It will be on the billboard until August 6 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $30 (stall C), $50 (stall B) and $75 (stall A).

Music

The 16 songs that make up the soundtrack of Antoine were composed by Shuarma, vocalist of elephants, Spanish band known for songs like Such is life, Sleeping with the Moon, either Angel. This is how each of the singles makes a proposal that fuses folk, jazz, pop ballads, and other contemporary sounds that go through different emotions and sensations.

The musical direction in Ecuador will be in charge of the producer and pianist Miguel Gallardo. And each of the songs will be performed by the national cast. (YO)