Traviata the Mouse

Interactive workshop and performance for children accompanied by an adult

Sung and spoken in French
Duration: 35min
Recommended for ages 3 and up

About

It’s been a while since we saw her scurrying around Geneva… Suffice it to say that Traviata the Mouse isn’t put off by the construction work happening at the Grand Théâtre and has decided to take part in Hors les murs! You haven’t met her? Traviata the Mouse is not just any mouse: she has ambitions to become an opera singer and is working hard to achieve her goal. So hard, in fact, that she has an annoying habit of falling asleep in our singer’s shoes and we will need the help of the children and grownups in the audience to gently wake her up. Can you do that?

Created in 2021 as a partnership between the Grand Théâtre and early childhood professionals, La Souris Traviata was the first of a series of workshop-performances specially designed by our team for 3–6-year-olds accompanied by adults. It was followed by Colorama and its Monsieur Toutgris, Dachenka the mischievous puppy, and then Abracadabra and its magic cauldron. Today, La Souris is back for another round. These workshop-performances allow children to understand how opera singers’ voices work with participatory moments specifically adapted to the attention span of the youngest in the audience. And the best parts are the beautiful moments shared by the kids, their adult carers and the musicians and singers.