See also: Savary

Jerome Savary , Actor, Director and director of Theater French, born on June 27th 1942 with Buenos Aires. Its wish to democratize the musical theater carried it to touch with happiness with the most various kinds: operas, Operetta S, musical comedies…

Of Magic Circus to the Comic Opera

His/her father was writer and his mother the girl of, Gouverneur of the State of New York (1905 - 1907). Jerome Savary goes up very young person to Paris, learns the music with the Martenot and made studies with the Arts Déco.

At 19 years, it leaves for New York. Living with the appointed photographer of the jazzmen, he attends Lenny Bruce, Jack Kerouac, Ginsberg, Count Basie and Thelonious Monk… In 1962, he sets out again to make his military service in Argentina. then works with Buenos Aires as illustrator of dictionary, draftsman of cartoons in the same review as Copi.

In 1965, of return to Paris, it creates the " Company Jerome Savary" , become then " Large Magic Circus" , then finally " Large Magic Circus and its animals tristes". Its version of Cabaret is rewarded in France (Molières, 1987) and in Spain (1993). With its credit also, works as various as Périchole, Rigoletto, the Barber of Seville, the Legend of Jimmy, Marylin Montreuil, Zazou, Y have of the joy, Mistinguett, Irma soft the …

After having directed the National Dramatic Center of Languedoc-Roussillon and the Crossroads European of the Theater of 8th in Lyon, it takes with the head National theater of Chaillot of 1988 to 2000. Jerome Savary was Directeur of the Op3era Comique of 2000 to 2007 he was replaced by Jerome Deschamps on June 27th, 2007.

Setting in scene (selective list)

With the theater

1. " in the search of Joséphine (2006)
2. the Barber of Seville (2006)
3. Rigoletto (2006)
4. Carmen (2004)
5. the Beautiful one and the very small Animal (2003) with the comic Opera, with Arielle Dombasle. Whimsical adaptation of the Beautiful one and the animal
6. Zazou, a history of love under the Occupation (2003)
7. Irma soft the (2000)
8. Cenerentola (2001)
9. the Middle-class man gentleman of Molière, with the National theater of Chaillot, 1996, with Catherine Jacob
10. Cyrano of Bergerac of Edmond Rostand, with the National theater of Chaillot, 1997, with Francis Huster in the role of Cyrano
11. the Voyage in the moon (1986)
12. the merry Widow (1983)
13. Périchole (1982)
14. Of Brace with Mao , 1978
15. Good bye Mr. Freud , 1974
16. Chronic colonial or adventures of Zartan, badly loved brother of Tarzan , 1971

With the cinema

1. the Girl of the gate-keeper (1975)
2. the Butcher, the star and orphan the (1975)

On television

1. the Beautiful one and the very small Animal (2003)
2. Mistinguett, the last review (2001)
3. the Tales of Hoffmann (2000)
4. Périchole, the singer and the dictator (2000)
5. the Count Ory (1997)
6. Y' has of the joy! … And of the love (1997)
7. Nina Stromboli (1996)
8. Attila (1991)

Distinctions

• Jerome Savary is knight of the Légion of honor and the Ordre of Arts and the Letters.

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