Tintin started as a book character in 1929 but over the years he has been in a stage show, featured in a Steven Spielberg film and been the subject of a classical music suite. Now he is to be featured in an opera.
Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy are starring in an open-air musical adaptation of The Castafiore Emerald, which opens this week at the Chateau de La Hulpnear Brussels. The production will run until September 26 and Belgian organisers Opera For All hope it will move to France next. Tintin was created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi (1907–1983), who wrote under the pen name Hergé.
Perhaps it's just a sign of the times that the 13-year-old actor playing Tintin, Amani Picci, said he had never read the books before landing the role. He said that during rehearsals over the summer "I have received lots of advice for getting rid of stress" before going out in front of an audience of 1,800 people to play a "legend" of popular culture.
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Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy are starring in an open-air musical adaptation of The Castafiore Emerald, which opens this week at the Chateau de La Hulpnear Brussels. The production will run until September 26 and Belgian organisers Opera For All hope it will move to France next. Tintin was created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi (1907–1983), who wrote under the pen name Hergé.
Perhaps it's just a sign of the times that the 13-year-old actor playing Tintin, Amani Picci, said he had never read the books before landing the role. He said that during rehearsals over the summer "I have received lots of advice for getting rid of stress" before going out in front of an audience of 1,800 people to play a "legend" of popular culture.
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