Kuifje - De Zonnetempel (De Musical)
Encyclopedia
Kuifje – De Zonnetempel, subtitled De Musical, is a Belgian musical in two acts with music by Dirk Brossé
and lyrics and scenario by Seth Gaaikema and Frank van Laecke, based on two of The Adventures of Tintin
by Hergé
, The Seven Crystal Balls
(1948) and Prisoners of the Sun
(1949). It premièred in Antwerp in 2001 in Dutch, and was translated into French and premièred a year later at Charleroi
.
Rascar Capac, and provokes the anger of the Sun God. A curse
descends upon them. Meanwhile, Kuifje (Tintin
) and Bobbie (Snowy
) arrive on the train at Molensloot (Marlinspike), and Kuifje talks to another traveller about the recent return of the Sanders-Hardiman expedition from Peru
. He says that it will all end badly, desecrating the burial chambers of the Incas like Tutankhamen's – five members of the expedition have already been mysteriously struck down.
Kuifje and Bobbie go to Kasteel Molensloot (Marlinspike Hall
) where Captain Haddock
lives, and they meet Nestor the butler. He says that Haddock is currently horse-riding, but he shortly returns minus the horse. Haddock introduces their old friend Trifonius Zonnebloem (Professor Calculus
), and then tries to show Kuifje a magic trick to turn water into whisky, which fails. Angry at not being able to do it, he takes Kuifje to the music hall to see Bruno the magician perform the trick.
That evening at the music hall, Kuifje and Haddock watch a performance by the opera singer Bianca Castafiore
, which Bobbie turns into an impromptu duet. Haddock storms out from the show because of Castafiore's singing. Ragdalam the fakir
and Yamilah the clairvoyant perform after Castafiore; after a few novelty predictions, Ragdalam asks Yamilah to tell him about a woman in the audience, Mevrouw Heining (Mrs Clarkson). She says that her husband is a photographer, and that he has been struck down by the curse of Rascar Capac. Mevrouw Heining leaves the show with her daughter, Fleur, when she receives a message that her husband is indeed ill. The magician's act is on, and Haddock stumbles onto the stage with a stage prop of a cow's head on his, after having got lost backstage trying to find his way out.
Kuifje, Haddock and Zonnebloem go to the home of Professor Hippòlytus Bergamot (Professor Hercules Tarragon) to protect him, as he and Zonnebloem were students together. The detective
s Janssen and Jansen (Thompson and Thomson) have also been sent to protect Bergamot. Bergamot reveals the mummy of Rascar Capac, and Kuifje reads the prophecy
that the expedition found in his tomb. A storm comes, a ball of lightning
comes down the chimney, destroys the mummy and Bergamot realises that the prophecy is true. He is struck down by the curse.
At the hospital, Fleur and her mother sit by the bed of Heining. Kuifje arrives following Bergamot's attack, and Fleur asks him to help her 'papa'. Kuifje says he will, and leaves the hospital, whilst Fleur reassures her mother that everything will be alright because Kuifje will help them. In the garden, Zonnebloem mysteriously disappears following his donning the bracelet.
Later at Molensloot, Haddock is depressed because of Zonnebloem's disappearance. Castafiore, with her accompanist Igor Wagner and her maid
Irma, arrives and announces she will be staying there for a period. Haddock and Kuifje manage to escape and head to the docks
, where they discover that Zonnebloem has been spotted on the ship Pachacamac and is going to Peru. They catch a flying boat
to Peru, and as it flies into the distance, the curtain closes on Act One.
, Kuife and Haddock ask whether anyone has seen Zonnebloem, but are met with "No sé" ("I don't know") from everyone. Kuifje and Bobbie intervene to stop two men bullying a child. The child, Zorrino, reveals that he is an orphan
living on the streets. Kuifje cheers him up by making him a little boat out of newspaper. Zorrino reveals that he knows where Zonnebloem is – he has been taken to the Zonnetempel (the Temple
of the Sun). Zorrino leads them on a trek to the temple, with many perils against them. Bobbie is taken by a condor
, and Kuifje climbs to the top of a cliff to look for him. He is attacked by the condor and, hanging onto its legs, is carried to the ground where he discovers Bobbie.
Meanwhile, the Janssens have found Zonnebloem's pendulum
and attempt to use it to locate him. They mistake the indications given by the pendulum, and travel to the North Pole
and meet an eskimo, the Far East
and Scotland
. Eventually they realise that the pendulum is pointing to Peru, where Kuifje and Haddock are, and head off in pursuit.
Kuifje, Haddock and Zorrino reach a waterfall
. Zorrino and Haddock cross without incident, but as Kuifje crosses, with Bobbie in his rucksack, the rope snaps and they fall through the waterfall. He survives the fall and Haddock and Zorrino join him on the other side of the waterfall, in a subterranean cave
rn. At the same time, an Incan ceremony is taking place. Suddenly, Kuifje, Bobbie, Haddock and Zorrino crash through a hidden door in the wall.
They are blindfolded, and the Grote Inca (the Great Inca) declares that their punishment for profaning the temple is to die at the stake, but grants them one last wish : they are allowed to choose the day and hour of their deaths. Zorrino is separated from the others, visits them in their cell, and unfolds the little boat that Kuifje had made him. He reads the newspaper and finds their salvation. Kuifje tells the Incan guard that they wish to die in eighteen days' time. When the day comes, they are bound to the stake on the funeral pyre whilst a ceremony takes place. The Janssens arrive, having finally found Zonnebloem; they are also tied up. As they are about to be burnt, Kuifje 'commands' the Sun
; everything goes dark as the Moon
moves in front of the Sun's face. Kuifje reveals to a startled Haddock that he read about the solar eclipse in the newspaper!
The Grote Inca begs Kuifje to make the Sun show its light again, and he does so. The Inca sets them free, as they have the favour of the Sun. Kuifje asks for the curse of Rascar Capac to be lifted, and in Europe the explorers wake up, to the delight of Mevrouw Heining and Fleur, who thanks Kuifje. Back in Peru, the Grote Inca adopts Zorrino, and as everyone comes together, the cast takes their bows. The curtain falls.
Act Two
with lyrics by Seth Gaaikema and performed by Het Nationaal Orkest Van België
(the National Orchestra of Belgium). There are around twenty different songs in the show, and a few reprises. The two main themes that run throughout the show are Haddock's (first heard when he performs the trick with the whisky, later heard in full at the docks) and De Zon, or Kuifje's theme, sung first after his leaving the hospital and as a finale.
Two CDs were released for the actual show – the first, a single of De Zon released on the 9th April 2001 featured the actors playing Kuifje and Haddock, and a children's choir plus an instrumental
version of the song. It also contained interactive features and some desktop wallpapers.
The second CD (released on the 2nd October 2001) was a full cast album for the show, containing 18 studio-recorded songs sung by the original cast. Most songs were present in their full versions as heard in the show, in the correct chronological
order.
However, four songs were omitted completely – one, Wandelen in de zon met Zonnebloem takes place in the garden of Bergamot's villa; two others are sung by Castafiore and are heard at Molensloot in the first act De Milanese Nachtegaal, and in her dressing room in the second act Het leven is als een Opera. The last one is Bruno's song Niets in mouw that lasts about 30 seconds in the show. None of the reprises were recorded for the cast album.
A third CD released in 2002 contained a thirteen minute orchestral suite based on some of the songs appearing in the show. The music was performed by the JWF Military Orchestra, conducted by Jørgen Jensen. It is listed in the Audio Releases section below.
A fourth CD was recorded in 2007 during a try-out in Kursaal Oostende. This recording has 19 tracks and is different than the second CD. 2 Radio tracks were added (Kuifje en Bobbie / De zon) so the total tracks on this CD is 21.
, including :
The Crew :
The show itself is two hours and ten minutes long, excluding the interval. It was professionally filmed for Dutch television and broadcast in its edited form on Canal+, in widescreen. It featured additional digital effects, such as bats flying during the descent into the tomb. The edits removed some of the delays inevitable with a live show, and a couple of sequences such as Zonnebloem and Bergamot's waltz (but still appeared on the CD), which in the live show was necessary as a 'stage wait'.
It has never seen a repeat broadcast or a commercial release, although personal recordings circulate amongst fans.
In 2007 the musical came to stage again this time with Jelle Cleymans as 'Kuifje'. First in 'Het nieuwe Luxor' Rotterdam, The Netherland from May 22 until June 17. And then from July 8 until August 19 in Oostende, Belgium. Then finally it returned to Antwerp where it was performed from October 18 until its final, November 1.
performance that premièred at Charleroi
in 2002 as Tintin – Le Temple du Soleil – Le Spectacle Musical. It was also scheduled to be performed in Paris
at the Hippodrome d'Auteil on the 8th November 2003, but was cancelled due to production difficulties.
Released in a cardboard sleeve with accompanying leaflet advertising booking for the show. The CD features interactive content such as lyrics and desktop wallpapers
.
Packaged in a jewel case with 24-page booklet containing full lyrics and cast photographs.
The second track is an orchestra
l suite
composed of excerpts from the songs on the cast album, namely Rascar Capac, Als het kampvuur brandt, De professorenwals, Vriendschap tot het eind der tijden, De brandstapel & De Zon (finale). The suite's running time is 13:31.
Radio tracks
Packaged in a jewel case with 24-page booklet containing full lyrics and cast photographs.
Track 1-19 were Recorded live on May 12, 2007 in Kursaal Oostende
Dirk Brossé
Dirk Brossé is a Flemish Belgian composer and conductor. He’s one of Europe's most talented composers. Since 1999 Brossé is Musical Host of the International Flanders Film Festival in Ghent and he held also the title of Music Director of the Tokyo International Music Festival.Brossé is best known...
and lyrics and scenario by Seth Gaaikema and Frank van Laecke, based on two of The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin is a series of classic comic books created by Belgian artist , who wrote under the pen name of Hergé...
by Hergé
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...
, The Seven Crystal Balls
The Seven Crystal Balls
The Seven Crystal Balls is the thirteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero....
(1948) and Prisoners of the Sun
Prisoners of the Sun
Prisoners of the Sun is the fourteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. It is a continuation of The Seven Crystal Balls, and is one of very few Tintin...
(1949). It premièred in Antwerp in 2001 in Dutch, and was translated into French and premièred a year later at Charleroi
Charleroi
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
.
Synopsis
NOTE: This refers to the musical itself, not the books, and therefore use the Dutch names – English equivalents are given.Act One
An expedition of seven scientists discovers the tomb of the Inca mummyMummy
A mummy is a body, human or animal, whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness , very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs, so that the recovered body will not decay further if kept in cool and dry...
Rascar Capac, and provokes the anger of the Sun God. A curse
Curse
A curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity—one or more persons, a place, or an object...
descends upon them. Meanwhile, Kuifje (Tintin
Tintin (character)
Tintin is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the series of classic Belgian comic books written and illustrated by Hergé. Tintin is the protagonist of the series, a reporter and adventurer who travels around the world with his dog Snowy....
) and Bobbie (Snowy
Snowy (character)
Snowy is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the series of classic Belgian comic books written and illustrated by Hergé. He is a white Wire Fox Terrier and Tintin's four-legged companion who travels everywhere with him...
) arrive on the train at Molensloot (Marlinspike), and Kuifje talks to another traveller about the recent return of the Sanders-Hardiman expedition from Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. He says that it will all end badly, desecrating the burial chambers of the Incas like Tutankhamen's – five members of the expedition have already been mysteriously struck down.
Kuifje and Bobbie go to Kasteel Molensloot (Marlinspike Hall
Marlinspike Hall
Marlinspike Hall is Captain Haddock's country house in Hergé's comic book series The Adventures of Tintin.The hall is modeled after the central section of the Château de Cheverny...
) where Captain Haddock
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the series of classic Belgian comic books written and illustrated by Hergé...
lives, and they meet Nestor the butler. He says that Haddock is currently horse-riding, but he shortly returns minus the horse. Haddock introduces their old friend Trifonius Zonnebloem (Professor Calculus
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the series of classic Belgian comic books written and illustrated by Hergé...
), and then tries to show Kuifje a magic trick to turn water into whisky, which fails. Angry at not being able to do it, he takes Kuifje to the music hall to see Bruno the magician perform the trick.
That evening at the music hall, Kuifje and Haddock watch a performance by the opera singer Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore, the "Milanese Nightingale", is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the series of classic Belgian comic books written and illustrated by Hergé...
, which Bobbie turns into an impromptu duet. Haddock storms out from the show because of Castafiore's singing. Ragdalam the fakir
Fakir
The fakir or faqir ; ) Derived from faqr is a Muslim Sufi ascetic in Middle East and South Asia. The Faqirs were wandering Dervishes teaching Islam and living on alms....
and Yamilah the clairvoyant perform after Castafiore; after a few novelty predictions, Ragdalam asks Yamilah to tell him about a woman in the audience, Mevrouw Heining (Mrs Clarkson). She says that her husband is a photographer, and that he has been struck down by the curse of Rascar Capac. Mevrouw Heining leaves the show with her daughter, Fleur, when she receives a message that her husband is indeed ill. The magician's act is on, and Haddock stumbles onto the stage with a stage prop of a cow's head on his, after having got lost backstage trying to find his way out.
Kuifje, Haddock and Zonnebloem go to the home of Professor Hippòlytus Bergamot (Professor Hercules Tarragon) to protect him, as he and Zonnebloem were students together. The detective
Detective
A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...
s Janssen and Jansen (Thompson and Thomson) have also been sent to protect Bergamot. Bergamot reveals the mummy of Rascar Capac, and Kuifje reads the prophecy
Prophecy
Prophecy is a process in which one or more messages that have been communicated to a prophet are then communicated to others. Such messages typically involve divine inspiration, interpretation, or revelation of conditioned events to come as well as testimonies or repeated revelations that the...
that the expedition found in his tomb. A storm comes, a ball of lightning
Ball lightning
Ball lightning is an unexplained atmospheric electrical phenomenon. The term refers to reports of luminous, usually spherical objects which vary from pea-sized to several metres in diameter. It is usually associated with thunderstorms, but lasts considerably longer than the split-second flash of a...
comes down the chimney, destroys the mummy and Bergamot realises that the prophecy is true. He is struck down by the curse.
At the hospital, Fleur and her mother sit by the bed of Heining. Kuifje arrives following Bergamot's attack, and Fleur asks him to help her 'papa'. Kuifje says he will, and leaves the hospital, whilst Fleur reassures her mother that everything will be alright because Kuifje will help them. In the garden, Zonnebloem mysteriously disappears following his donning the bracelet.
Later at Molensloot, Haddock is depressed because of Zonnebloem's disappearance. Castafiore, with her accompanist Igor Wagner and her maid
Maid
A maidservant or in current usage housemaid or maid is a female employed in domestic service.-Description:Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in great houses, today a single maid may be the only domestic worker that upper and even middle-income households can afford, as was historically the case...
Irma, arrives and announces she will be staying there for a period. Haddock and Kuifje manage to escape and head to the docks
Dock (maritime)
A dock is a human-made structure or group of structures involved in the handling of boats or ships, usually on or close to a shore.However, the exact meaning varies among different variants of the English language...
, where they discover that Zonnebloem has been spotted on the ship Pachacamac and is going to Peru. They catch a flying boat
Flying boat
A flying boat is a fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a float plane as it uses a purpose-designed fuselage which can float, granting the aircraft buoyancy. Flying boats may be stabilized by under-wing floats or by wing-like projections from the fuselage...
to Peru, and as it flies into the distance, the curtain closes on Act One.
Act Two
In PeruPeru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, Kuife and Haddock ask whether anyone has seen Zonnebloem, but are met with "No sé" ("I don't know") from everyone. Kuifje and Bobbie intervene to stop two men bullying a child. The child, Zorrino, reveals that he is an orphan
Orphan
An orphan is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents is called an orphan...
living on the streets. Kuifje cheers him up by making him a little boat out of newspaper. Zorrino reveals that he knows where Zonnebloem is – he has been taken to the Zonnetempel (the Temple
Temple
A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as the word "template," a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out...
of the Sun). Zorrino leads them on a trek to the temple, with many perils against them. Bobbie is taken by a condor
Condor
Condor is the name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.They are:* The Andean Condor which inhabits the Andean mountains....
, and Kuifje climbs to the top of a cliff to look for him. He is attacked by the condor and, hanging onto its legs, is carried to the ground where he discovers Bobbie.
Meanwhile, the Janssens have found Zonnebloem's pendulum
Pendulum
A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced from its resting equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back toward the equilibrium position...
and attempt to use it to locate him. They mistake the indications given by the pendulum, and travel to the North Pole
North Pole
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface...
and meet an eskimo, the Far East
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Eventually they realise that the pendulum is pointing to Peru, where Kuifje and Haddock are, and head off in pursuit.
Kuifje, Haddock and Zorrino reach a waterfall
Waterfall
A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...
. Zorrino and Haddock cross without incident, but as Kuifje crosses, with Bobbie in his rucksack, the rope snaps and they fall through the waterfall. He survives the fall and Haddock and Zorrino join him on the other side of the waterfall, in a subterranean cave
Cave
A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. The term applies to natural cavities some part of which is in total darkness. The word cave also includes smaller spaces like rock shelters, sea caves, and grottos.Speleology is the science of exploration and study...
rn. At the same time, an Incan ceremony is taking place. Suddenly, Kuifje, Bobbie, Haddock and Zorrino crash through a hidden door in the wall.
They are blindfolded, and the Grote Inca (the Great Inca) declares that their punishment for profaning the temple is to die at the stake, but grants them one last wish : they are allowed to choose the day and hour of their deaths. Zorrino is separated from the others, visits them in their cell, and unfolds the little boat that Kuifje had made him. He reads the newspaper and finds their salvation. Kuifje tells the Incan guard that they wish to die in eighteen days' time. When the day comes, they are bound to the stake on the funeral pyre whilst a ceremony takes place. The Janssens arrive, having finally found Zonnebloem; they are also tied up. As they are about to be burnt, Kuifje 'commands' the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
; everything goes dark as the Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
moves in front of the Sun's face. Kuifje reveals to a startled Haddock that he read about the solar eclipse in the newspaper!
The Grote Inca begs Kuifje to make the Sun show its light again, and he does so. The Inca sets them free, as they have the favour of the Sun. Kuifje asks for the curse of Rascar Capac to be lifted, and in Europe the explorers wake up, to the delight of Mevrouw Heining and Fleur, who thanks Kuifje. Back in Peru, the Grote Inca adopts Zorrino, and as everyone comes together, the cast takes their bows. The curtain falls.
Scenes
Act One- The tomb of Rascar Capac
- Molensloot railway station
- Kasteel Mollensloot (exterior)
- The music hall
- Incan sorcery – the crystal ballCrystal ballA crystal ball is a crystal or glass ball believed by some people to aid in the performance of clairvoyance. It is sometimes known as a shew stone...
s - Bergamot's study
- The hospital
- Bergamot's garden with mazeMazeA maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. In everyday speech, both maze and labyrinth denote a complex and confusing series of pathways, but technically the maze is distinguished from the labyrinth, as the labyrinth has a single...
- Molensloot – interior of main entrance & grand staircase
- The docks
Act Two
- The marketplaceMarketplaceA marketplace is the space, actual, virtual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. The term is also used in a trademark law context to denote the actual consumer environment, ie. the 'real world' in which products and services are provided and consumed.-Marketplaces and street markets:A...
- Castafiore's dressing room & the trek in Peru
- Mountain ascent & condor flight
- Desolate landscape
- Janssens and the pendulum
- Castafiore's dressing room & the jungleJungleA Jungle is an area of land in the tropics overgrown with dense vegetation.The word jungle originates from the Sanskrit word jangala which referred to uncultivated land. Although the Sanskrit word refers to "dry land", it has been suggested that an Anglo-Indian interpretation led to its...
by night - The waterfall
- The tomb of Rascar Capac
- The Temple of the Sun
- Prison cell
- The sacrificialSacrificeSacrifice is the offering of food, objects or the lives of animals or people to God or the gods as an act of propitiation or worship.While sacrifice often implies ritual killing, the term offering can be used for bloodless sacrifices of cereal food or artifacts...
ceremony - Finale
The Music
The show boasts an impressive orchestral score composed by Dirk BrosséDirk Brossé
Dirk Brossé is a Flemish Belgian composer and conductor. He’s one of Europe's most talented composers. Since 1999 Brossé is Musical Host of the International Flanders Film Festival in Ghent and he held also the title of Music Director of the Tokyo International Music Festival.Brossé is best known...
with lyrics by Seth Gaaikema and performed by Het Nationaal Orkest Van België
National Orchestra of Belgium
The Nationaal Orkest van België or Orchestre National de Belgique is the oldest of two major orchestras now in Belgium, along with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège....
(the National Orchestra of Belgium). There are around twenty different songs in the show, and a few reprises. The two main themes that run throughout the show are Haddock's (first heard when he performs the trick with the whisky, later heard in full at the docks) and De Zon, or Kuifje's theme, sung first after his leaving the hospital and as a finale.
Two CDs were released for the actual show – the first, a single of De Zon released on the 9th April 2001 featured the actors playing Kuifje and Haddock, and a children's choir plus an instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
version of the song. It also contained interactive features and some desktop wallpapers.
The second CD (released on the 2nd October 2001) was a full cast album for the show, containing 18 studio-recorded songs sung by the original cast. Most songs were present in their full versions as heard in the show, in the correct chronological
Chronology
Chronology is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time, such as the use of a timeline or sequence of events. It is also "the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events".Chronology is part of periodization...
order.
However, four songs were omitted completely – one, Wandelen in de zon met Zonnebloem takes place in the garden of Bergamot's villa; two others are sung by Castafiore and are heard at Molensloot in the first act De Milanese Nachtegaal, and in her dressing room in the second act Het leven is als een Opera. The last one is Bruno's song Niets in mouw that lasts about 30 seconds in the show. None of the reprises were recorded for the cast album.
A third CD released in 2002 contained a thirteen minute orchestral suite based on some of the songs appearing in the show. The music was performed by the JWF Military Orchestra, conducted by Jørgen Jensen. It is listed in the Audio Releases section below.
A fourth CD was recorded in 2007 during a try-out in Kursaal Oostende. This recording has 19 tracks and is different than the second CD. 2 Radio tracks were added (Kuifje en Bobbie / De zon) so the total tracks on this CD is 21.
Staging & Effects
The show features an incredible array of special effects and imaginative stagingStaging (theatre)
Staging is the process of selecting, designing, adapting to, or modifying the performance space for a play or film. This includes the use or absence of stagecraft elements as well as the structure of the stage and its components....
, including :
- A cliff parting to reveal the mummy of Rascar Capac
- A train steaming into Molensloot station
- The seven explorers trapped inside revolving crystal balls
- Ball lightning lifting Zonnebloem into the air on his chair
- A flying boat taking off
- A condor in flight, with Kuifje hanging from the legs
- A waterfall drawn from a 6.5 tonne reservoir
- A total solar eclipse
Cast & Crew
The Cast :- Kuifje – Tom Van Landuyt
- Bobbie – Zohra & Zihna
- Kapitein Haddock – Henk PoortHenk PoortHenk Poort, born 20 January 1956 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a Dutch actor and singer, who mainly plays in operas and musicals. Major roles include Erik in the Dutch version The Phantom of the Opera and Jean Valjean in the first staging of the Dutch version of Les Misérables in the late 1990s...
- Bianca Castafiore – Jacqueline Van Quaille
- Janssen – Chris Van den Durpel
- Jansen – Guido Naessens
- Professor Zonnebloem – Frans Van den Aa
- Grote Inca – Chris De Moor1
- Bergamot – Ernst Van Looy
- Bruno – Michele Tesoro
- Igor Wagner – Ton Peeters
- Directeur – Ton Peeters
- Ragdalam – Dirk Van Varenbergh
- Nestor – Pieter Korteknie
- Mevrouw Heining – Marianne Van der Vreken
- Irma – Katrien De Muynck
The Crew :
- Based on the books by : HergéHergéGeorges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...
- Scenario : Seth Gaaikema & Frank Van Laecke
- Lyrics : Seth Gaaikema
- Music : Dirk BrosséDirk BrosséDirk Brossé is a Flemish Belgian composer and conductor. He’s one of Europe's most talented composers. Since 1999 Brossé is Musical Host of the International Flanders Film Festival in Ghent and he held also the title of Music Director of the Tokyo International Music Festival.Brossé is best known...
- Director : Dirk de Caluwé
- Technical manager : Jakob Sagiv
- Décor : Paul Gallis
- Lighting : Jaak Van de Velde
- Sound : Erik Loots
- Hair : Sjoerd Didden, Harold Mertens & Winnie Gallis
- Costumes : Yan Tax
- Choreography : Martin Michel
- Arrangement : Frank Van Laecke
- Produced by : Tabas & Co & Moulinsart
Performance Details
- Première : 15 September 2001, at the Stadsschouwburg in Antwerp
- Final performance : 17 February 2002, at the Stadsschouwburg in Antwerp
The show itself is two hours and ten minutes long, excluding the interval. It was professionally filmed for Dutch television and broadcast in its edited form on Canal+, in widescreen. It featured additional digital effects, such as bats flying during the descent into the tomb. The edits removed some of the delays inevitable with a live show, and a couple of sequences such as Zonnebloem and Bergamot's waltz (but still appeared on the CD), which in the live show was necessary as a 'stage wait'.
It has never seen a repeat broadcast or a commercial release, although personal recordings circulate amongst fans.
In 2007 the musical came to stage again this time with Jelle Cleymans as 'Kuifje'. First in 'Het nieuwe Luxor' Rotterdam, The Netherland from May 22 until June 17. And then from July 8 until August 19 in Oostende, Belgium. Then finally it returned to Antwerp where it was performed from October 18 until its final, November 1.
Adaptations
The show was adapted as a FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
performance that premièred at Charleroi
Charleroi
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
in 2002 as Tintin – Le Temple du Soleil – Le Spectacle Musical. It was also scheduled to be performed in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
at the Hippodrome d'Auteil on the 8th November 2003, but was cancelled due to production difficulties.
Kuifje – De Zon
- Composer : Dirk Brossé
- Number of discs : 1
- Label : Maestro
- Catalogue Number: ?
- Release date : 9 April 2001
- Track listing :
- De Zon (Tom Van Landuyt, Henk Poort & Clari Cantuli children's choirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
) - De Zon (instrumentaal)
Released in a cardboard sleeve with accompanying leaflet advertising booking for the show. The CD features interactive content such as lyrics and desktop wallpapers
Computer wallpaper
Wallpaper is an image used as a background of a graphical user interface on a computer screen or mobile communications device. On a computer it is usually for the desktop, while for a mobile phone it is usually the background for the 'home' or 'idle' screen...
.
Kuifje – De Zonnetempel
- Composer : Dirk Brossé
- Number of discs : 1
- Label : Maestro
- Catalogue Number: MMP023
- Release date : 2 October 2001
- Track listing :
- Rascar Capac
- Kuifje en Bobbie
- Ah, ik lach (duet voor diva en hond)
- De 7 kristallen bollen
- De professorenwals
- Alles onder controle
- Besmet
- Kuifje, help ons
- De Zon
- Duizend bommen en granaten
- No sé
- In het rijk van arm en rijk
- Vriendschap tot het eind der tijden
- De slinger
- Als het kampvuur brandt
- Haddocks afscheid
- De brandstapel
- De Zon (finale)
Packaged in a jewel case with 24-page booklet containing full lyrics and cast photographs.
The Wind in the Willows
- Composer : Johan de MeijJohan de MeijJohannes Abraham de Meij is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer, best known for his Symphony No. 1, nicknamed "The Lord of the Rings" symphony.- Biography :...
- Number of discs : 1
- Label : Amstel Classics
- Catalogue Number: ?
- Release date : 5 May 2002
- Track listing :
- The Wind in the WillowsThe Wind in the WillowsThe Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England...
- Tintin – Prisoners of the Sun
- Elisabeth – the Musical
- The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
– Excerpts from Symphony No. 1
The second track is an orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
l suite
Suite
In music, a suite is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet , or incidental music to a play or film , or they may be entirely original movements .In the...
composed of excerpts from the songs on the cast album, namely Rascar Capac, Als het kampvuur brandt, De professorenwals, Vriendschap tot het eind der tijden, De brandstapel & De Zon (finale). The suite's running time is 13:31.
Kuifje – De Zonnetempel (De musical)
- Composer : Dirk Brossé and Seth Gaaikema
- Number of discs : 1
- Label : Sabam
- Catalogue Number: 42519
- Release date : 2007
- Track listing :
- Rascar Capac
- Kuifje en Bobbie
- Ah, ik lach (duet voor diva en hond)
- De 7 kristallen bollen
- Alles onder controle
- Besmet
- Kuifje, help ons
- De Zon
- Wandelen in de zon met Zonnebloem
- De Milaneese nachtegaal
- Duizend bommen en granaten
- No sé
- In het rijk van arm en rijk
- Het Leven is een opera
- Vriendschap tot het eind der tijden
- Als het kampvuur brandt
- Afscheid van de whisky
- De brandstapel
- De Zon (finale)
Radio tracks
- Kuifje en Bobbie
- De zon
Packaged in a jewel case with 24-page booklet containing full lyrics and cast photographs.
Track 1-19 were Recorded live on May 12, 2007 in Kursaal Oostende