Elsewhere is based on the story of the world’s first Soviet Commune outside the USSR, which existed for eleven days in the lunatic asylum of Monaghan town in Ireland in 1919. In a colourful and groundbreaking new opera, historical events unfold through the visions of a patient named Celine, who despite the passage of time remains locked in to this radical moment.

11.29.19 Work in progress presentation in Monaghan - Ireland

A recital by three musiciens staged by Antonio Cuenca Ruiz, in an atmosphere of Shakespearean play.

12.6.19 Premiere in Opera de Rouen I 12.12.19 Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne

After Faust, an adaptation of Berlioz, the company continues its modern rediscovery of the traditional opera repertoire with french composer Othman Louati. The ensemble embodies the myth with both acoustic and electronic infernal explorations.

1.08.20 Premiere in Théâtre Rive Gauche (Opéra de Rouen-Normandie) I 05.15.20 Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne

The Ensemble brings together Gesualdo, Dowland, Berio and Kurtág in a chamber music recital that catch up with the imaginary of a religious rituel.

04.13.20 La Brèche Festival

Four musiciens of Miroirs Étendus, led by composer Othman Louati, join the french director Tiphaine Raffier and her eleven performers for her fourth creation - commissioned by the prestigious Festival d'Avignon.

Rehearsals : 09.19 Théâtre du Nord (Théâtre de l'Idéal, Tourcoing) I 01.20 Grand Sud (Lille) I 06.20 Théâtre Gérard Philippe (Saint-Denis)

Premiere : 07.20 Festival d'Avignon

Fiona Monbet, the Franco-Irish violinist, was born in Paris in 1989. She graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where she studied classical violin under Alexis Galpérine and Ami Flammer, as well as the Centre des musiques de Didier Lockwood (CMDL), and the Lille Conservatory in orchestral conducting.

Launched by Didier Lockwood in the world of improvisation techniques and contemporary music, Fiona today works with a variety of artists from quite different horizons including Biréli Lagrène, Patricia Petibon, Pierre Cussac, Vladimir Cosma, and film director Tony Gatlif working on the sound tracks for three of his films (Indignez-Vous, Les Indignés, Geronimo).

In January 2018, Fiona joined the musical direction team of the Miroirs Étendus company, which includes her chamber music partner, the pianist Romain Louveau, to create the Miroirs Étendus orchestral ensemble made up of fifteen musicians.

Photo : Clémence Demesme

Romain Louveau is a French collaborative pianist born in 1989 who devotes himself to chamber music and the vocal repertoire. He has enjoyed recital partnerships with the most prominent musiciens of his generation, the soprano Elsa Dreisig and the mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik (they have recently recorded a disc of Mahler and Moussorgski), the pianist Susan Manoff, the flutist Mathilde Caldérini. He is one of the 2018 Orsay-Royaumont Academy laureates, which led, this year, to the release of an album with baritone Jean-Christophe Lanièce on the French label B-records. He studied at the Conservatoire de Lyon with Hervé Billaut, and in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Jeff Cohen. He has appeared at the Wigmore Hall (London), the Victoria de los Angeles lied festival (Barcelona), the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Auditorium of the Musée d’Orsay, the Opéra de Lille, the Opéra de Rouen etc. and has been a regular guest of France Musique. His love for theatre has inspired Romain’s involvement with numerous companies and artists from an array of disciplines. He is presently the musical director of the French opera company Miroirs Étendus, and is the cofounder of La Brèche Festival.

Photo : Victor Toussaint