Operetta, Concert, Show
Following the success of last year's lyrical orchestra concert, the Quartier Libre festival is creating a new show for this season!
This is an opportunity to collaborate with HEMU and the lyrical workshop class from Fribourg. You will hear eight solo singers, accompanied by the festival's chamber orchestra, made up of young professional musicians at the end of or just out of their studies.
The Ball of the Princesses is a performance whose libretto has been tailor-made to suit the unusual and original composition of the musicians’ troupe.
Freely inspired by a tale from the Brothers Grimm, this is a unique opportunity to hear various melodies, revolving around the story of four princesses.
In this operetta, sung in French, you will hear music and rhythmic scenes alternating between romance, a lively ball, and challenges for these intrepid young princesses. Let yourself be carried away by tunes from André Messager, Jacques Offenbach, choruses from Johann Strauss, as well as orchestral works by Stravinsky and Rimsky Korsakov.
Go on then and enjoy a joyful blend that will satisfy everyone's tastes for a convivial and festive moment around lyrical music.
Quartier Libre is a springboard for the beginning of the careers of these young professionals.
Free entry (collection)
Dates and timetable
20 June 2026
Saturday
20:00 - 21:30
21 June 2026
Sunday
20:00 - 21:30
Korso
Bd de Pérolles 15
1700 Fribourg
+41 26 401 20 01
