The shining memory the 1905 Winegrowers Festival imprinted on the public\u2019s heart increased expectations for 1927 tenfold.<\/p>\n
The Brotherhood of Winegrowers did not dare take major artistic risks and tried to reconstitute the 1905 team, especially Gustave Doret for the music and Ren\u00e9 Morax for the libretto. The latter declined, however Doret was won over by the new challenge, as was Ernest Bi\u00e9ler, who had worked with Jean Morax on the costumes and stage settings in 1905.<\/p>\n
The world of winemaking had changed since the two preceding Festivals: many winegrowers had abandoned their vineyards to make a more regular living in the newly-built factories in Vevey. Many plots which had formerly been used to grow vines were turned over to urban development. Artistic choices for this Festival were very traditional, as the feeling was for a need to hold on to tried and true values. They glorified the land, the homeland, the traditional tasks of farmers and winegrowers, and also mixed clothing styles that had already proved effective in earlier Festivals. The stage settings no longer harked back to Ancient Greece or Rome, but concentrated on our own history. The medieval wall with its battlements inspired by the towers and castle walls of Romont, Lucens, Estavayer and Gruy\u00e8re served as the backdrop and entrances for the divinities and the participants. In a difficult economic context with traditional values slowly disappearing or having to adapt to new conditions, the Winegrowers Festival was a receptacle for memory and identity, where by delving into the depths of a common past, each individual strove to find hope and belief in better times to come.<\/p>\n
Abbot-President: Emile Gaudard
MiseDirection: Edouard Vierne replaced by A. Durec from Paris, who saved the show\u2019s direction a few weeks before the Festival
Music: Gustave Doret
Libretto: Pierre Girard
Costumes: Ernest Bi\u00e9ler<\/p>\n
Jean Borlat
Jean Herzog
Henri Roux
F\u00e9lix Dubuis (60 winegrowers also received distinctions and awards)<\/p>\n
Horseshoe shape: Bi\u00e9ler designed a medieval village wall as the backdrop (inspired by Estavayer, Lucens, Gruy\u00e8re and Romont) with three gates, towers and battlements 16,000 seats
Costumes 18th century style<\/p>\n
Farmers and peasants, basket weavers, goat-herds
The Lame Messenger
Return of Noah<\/p>\n
2,000 participants, 5 bands, 1 orchestra with 150 musicians
6 performances
Prices of seats CHF 5.50 to 82.50.
Festival costs CHF 1,202,497
Profits CHF 216,215
Warranty capital CHF 388,500 provided by 725 subscribers and CHF 75,000 by the Brotherhood of Winegrowers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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