Counter-time

Summary :

François Courdot is a young pianist who studied piano and composition at Fontainebleau. An excellent student, he studied with Nadia Boulanger who had a clear career for him: being an operetta conductor. But after a few years, the young François dreams of composing for Broadway.
After the death of one of his relatives, he is in the United States, where he begins to frequent the biggest names in musical shows. But he is not at the end of his surprises and the events will end up making him lead a totally hallucinating double life.

This great French composer is completely unknown to the general public, and yet, what a career! Come and discover the incredible story of the composer to the rhythms of the music of Offenbach, Bernstein, Puccini and Courdot of course!

General information
  • Style : Classical Music, Adventure, Romance, Musical Jukebox
  • Theme : Destiny, Dream, Artist, France, New York, Showbiz
  • year of creation : 2020
Music
  • Composer : Puccini, Mozart, Offenbach, Bernstein, Courdot,...
  • Lyricist : Puccini, Mozart, Offenbach, Bernstein, Courdot,...
  • Librettist : Eric Chantelauze
  • famous songs : "Everyone has the flu" (from Bolduc), "Noces" by François Courdot, "My father, I accuse myself" (from the Musketeers at the Couvent), "Caravan" (from Duke Ellington), "Lovely Night" (from Offenbach), "Luck be a lady tonight" (from Guys and Dolls), "There's no business like showbusiness" (from Annie get Your Gun), "Duo des Dindons" (from La Mascotte), "Là- bas" (from KØLD by frank Riverstein), "A Boy like That / I have a love" (from West Side Story), "Let the sunshine" (from Hair)
  • Famous performers : Marion Preite and Marion Rybaka
kinships
  • Inspired by another work : The musical comedy is based on James McGraff's book "Afterbeat - The unbelievable story of François Courdot, the French operetta conductor who wanted to become a Broadway composer".
Awards
Currently on stage