L'Enfant et les sortilèges

L’enfant et les Sortilèges is a through-composed piece without strict scene delineations. Guidelines are given here to indicate which characters sing or interact in a particular section, but characters may be on stage creating the tableaux even when not singing. Section titles are authors own.

**First Tableaux **

Many of the characters who appear in this scene are on the stage already, and make up the furniture and decorations of the room.

Introduction ‘J’ai pas envie de faire ma page’ - L’Enfant Maman ‘Bébé a été sage?’ - Maman, L’Enfant

L’Enfant destroys the room ‘Ca m’est égal!’ - L’Enfant, Le Chat

The furniture responds ‘Votre serviteur humble, Bergѐre’ - Le Fauteuil, La Bergère, Le Banc, Le Canapé, Le Pouf, La Chaise de Paille

The clock is upset ‘Ding, ding, ding, ding, et encor ding’ - L'Horloge Comtoise, L’Enfant

The boxing match ‘How’s your mug?’ ‘Rotten!’ - La Théière, La Tasse Chinoise, L’Enfant

Don’t touch the fire ‘Arriére!’ - Le Feu, L’Enfant

The wallpaper ‘Adieu, pastourelles’ ‘Pastoureaux adieu!’ - Les Pastoures, Les Pâtres, Un Pâtre, Une Pastourelle

The storybook ‘Ah! C’est Elle’ - L’Enfant, La Princesse

L’Enfant alone ‘Toi, le coeur de la rose’

A math lesson ‘Deux robinets coulent dans un réservoir!’ - Le Petit Vieillard, L’Enfant, Les Chiffres

The cats ‘Oh! Ma tête!’ -L’Enfant, La Chat, La Chatte

Second Tableaux

Many of the characters who appear in this scene are on the stage already. They create the garden on the stage, and the soundscape in the first chorus.

Chorus of beasts

The tree is in pain ‘Ah! Ma blessure’ - L’Arbre, L’Enfant, Les Arbres

The dragonfly searches for his wife ‘Ou es-tu? Je te cherche’ - La Libellule, Le Rossignol, Les Rainettes, L’Enfant

Round of the bats ‘Rends-la moi! Tsk tsk’ - La Chauve-Souris, L’Enfant

Dance of the frogs

The squirrel is in a cage ‘Sauve-toi, sotte!’ - L’Ecureuil, La Rainette, L’Enfant

The attack ‘Ah! C’est l’Enfant au couteau!’ - Les Bêtes, Les Arbres, Une Chouette, L’Ecureuil

The child is kind ‘Il a pansé la plaie’ - Les Bêtes

Maman appears ‘Il est bon, l’Enfant’ - Les Bêtes (Chorus), L’Enfant

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.