Name: Les Troyens
Start: 2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra Royal

Organization

Festival Berlioz

Salzburger Festspiele

Mezzo-soprano

Alice Coote

Cassandra

Tenor

Michael Spyres

Aeneas

Soprano

Paula Murrihy

Dido

Baritone

Lionel Lhote

Coroebus

Trojan Soldier

Adèle Charvet

Ascanius

Bass

William Thomas

Narbal

Ashley Riches

Pantheus

Beth Taylor

Anna

Laurence Kilsby

Iopas

Hylas

Rebecca Evans

Hecuba

Alex Rosen

Ghost of Hector

Second Trojan Soldier

Conductor

Dinis Sousa

The God Mercury

Graham Neal

Helenus

Sam Evans

Stage director

Tess Gibbs

Lighting designer

Rick Fisher

Priam

Others

Monteverdi Choir

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

Orchestra

Opéra Royal de Versailles

English Baroque Soloists

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras

fransk

Les Troyens -  (The Trojans)

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

Berlin

Germany

Berliner Philharmonie

Großer Saal

Versailles

France

Opéra Royal

Salzburg

Austria

Großes Festspielhaus

La Côte-Saint-André

Château Louis XI

Les Troyens

Public

Private

The Trojans

tysk

engelsk

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Trombonist

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

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Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Singer

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Contralto

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Les Troyens Berlioz

By the time Hector Berlioz came to compose Les Troyens, he had already suffered various personal tragedies and artistic failures. Nonetheless, he held fast to his long-cherished desire to create an opera based on themes from Virgil’s epic poem the Aeneid, writing the libretto himself and completing the score between 1856 and 1858. The work grew to such dimensions, with such great instrumental and vocal challenges, that the five acts were divided up into two parts. Although Berlioz only saw the premiere of the second part — with considerable cuts — at the small Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris in 1863, he was convinced that with Les Troyens he had composed his most important work.
The two parts of his monumental opera, which both make extensive use of the chorus, display clear parallels in their dramatic structure. United by the overall title of Les Troyens, La Prise de Troie and Les Troyens à Carthage deal with two mythological events linked by the figure of Énée, who fled Troy and was later stranded in Carthage. However, the focus of each part is not on the war hero but rather on a strong female figure: respectively the prophetess Cassandre and Didon, queen of Carthage, both of whom ultimately decide that death is their only option.
In Act II, as urged by the shade of Hector — ‘Fuis, fils de Vénus!’ — Énée escapes the sacking of Troy, leaves his homeland and sets off with his fellowwarriors towards Italy. He is following the prophetic mission to found a new state there, but first fetches up in Didon’s kingdom. Here the action seems to take a different turn when at her side he defeats the hostile Numidians and a love affair develops between the two of them, culminating in the tender duet ‘Nuit d’ivresse et d’extase infinie’. But ultimately a ghostly apparition warns Énée once again of his duty, and he leaves behind a broken-hearted Didon and a people destined for destruction.

English

The Trojans by Berlioz, ons. 23 aug. 2023, Fra (2023/2023), Instrueret af Tess Gibbs,, Dirigent Dinis Sousa, Opéra Royal, Versailles, France

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