Marie Giquel
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11:19 on December 21, 2022
To attract young people, the Montpellier Opera offers “Crescendo”, a video game created by the Arte Fix video game school. Accessible from 7 years old, it takes up the world of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”. On the screen, the little character armed with his Magic Flute, aided by Papageno, must demonstrate agility to climb an evil tower and knock out the queen of the night.
Mozart in video games. It is the new creation of the Montpellier National Opera. His goal: to attract young people. He has just published “Crescendo”, accessible from 7 years old, which takes up a well-known universe, that of The magic Flute. Hands on the computer keyboard, we are not playing Super Mario, but Super Tamino, named after the hero of Mozart’s opera. On the screen, the little character armed with his own Magic Fluteaided by Papageno, he must show agility to scale an evil tower and knock out the queen of the night, a purple-haired giantess.
A game designed by the students of a video game school
“The queen of the night, which is a bit like the final boss of this video game,” explains Audrey Brahimi, head of digital service at the Montpellier Opera. “She’s launching missiles at us, obviously singing without her her very, very famous tune.” The game created by the students of the school of video games Arte Fix, is modeled on the staging presented next January at the Opéra de Montpellier. “In video games, there’s always a story. That’s what captures us, as well as the visual side, and we want young people to discover that when they come to play.”
No cup won as a result of performance at the opera. But the guarantee not to be game over. In addition, all spectators with tickets will be able to try the game for free at the Montpellier Opera House from 13 to 19 January.
