Choses vues... et chantées ! Les voix de Victor Hugo

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In 2025, France celebrates the 140th anniversary of the death of Victor Hugo, on May 22, 1885. Poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, politician and activist, Hugo is a multifaceted figure who illuminates the 19th century. With the album Choses vues... et chantées !, Les voix de Victor Hugo, Pauline Courtin, Antoine Palloc and Christophe Barbier pay tribute to this monument. Soprano, pianist and narrator weave a dialogue between music and literature, blending melodies composed by Fauré, Bizet, Liszt, Hahn or Britten on Hugo's poems with excerpts from Choses vues, a true logbook of a committed life. This musical reinterpretation highlights the enduring relevance of Hugo's thought, and reminds us how much his visionary optimism can still enlighten us.