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Léna and
the Enchanted
Orchestra

Musical tale for young audiences for orchestra and narrator

28 – 29 Nov 2025

Beautiful stories are often born in difficult times. Such as the interminable storm that prevents the children of the town of Heurtebise from going to school or meeting their friends. Léna is a mischievous little girl who takes advantage of a lull in the storm to take her cat in her arms and set off to discover an abandoned theatre at the end of the street. There she encounters the instruments of the Orchestra, imaginary characters in this story where the child is guided by melodies and the voice of actress Julie Gayet. 

It was the pandemic lockdown that inspired Carl Norac to write this story for children and adults observing the world from behind their windows. A dreamer and roving poet, he is the author of over a hundred children's books translated into fifty languages. In Léna and the Enchanted Orchestra, he ventures into the realm of musical storytelling for the first time with Mathieu Lamboley.

Calendar

  • Fri . 28 November 2025
    19:00
    Salle Poirel
  • Sat . 29 November 2025
    11:00
    Salle Poirel

Information

Duration
50 min

Prices
10 € (adults)
5 € (children – 12 years)

From 6 years

Cast

Premiere on 13 January 2024 at the Maison de la Radio – Paris

Commission

Radio France

Illustrations

Sébastien Pelon

Co-published by

Gallimard Jeunesse / Radio France


Opéra national de Nancy-Lorraine Orchestra
Conductor

Barbara Dragan

Narrator

Julie Gayet


Text

Carl Norac

Original music

Mathieu Lamboley

See also

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