Name: Samson
Start: 2024-07-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Théâtre de l'Archevêché

Organization

Admin

Festival d'Aix en Provence

Opéra Comique

Conductor

Raphaël Pichon

Stage director

Claus Guth

Set designer

Etienne Pluss

Costume designer

Ursula Kudrna

Lighting designer

Bertrand Couderc

Choreographer

Sommer Ulrickson

Sound designer

Mathis Nitschke

Dramaturge

Yvonne Gebauer

Assistant Stage Director

Eddy Garaudel

Singer

Jarrett Ott

Samson

Jacquelyn Stucker

Dalila

Léa Desandre

Timna

Nahuel Di Pierro

Achisch

Laurence Kilsby

Elon

Julie Roset

L'ange

Antonin Rondepierre

Un Convive

Andréa Ferréol

La mere de Samson

Others

Ensemble Pygmalion

Choeur Pygmalion

Video designer

fransk

Aix-en-Provence

France

Théâtre de l'Archevêché

Public

Private

Sharan Allad

engelsk

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Tenor

Soprano

Contralto

Bass

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

[ SAMSON ] ENTRETIEN AVEC LE CHEF D'ORCHESTRE RAPHAËL PICHON

Samson Rameau

When, in 1733, Voltaire, the most brilliant mind of his day, collaborates with Rameau, its greatest composer, in undertaking an ambitious reform of operatic practice, the result is the biblical opera Samson. But the libretto is condemned and the score lost – possibly reworked here and there in later compositions. Claus Guth and Raphaël Pichon, haunted by this interesting project that had turned into one of the most intriguing failures in operatic history, have tried, not to recreate the letter, but to revive the spirit: to marry a strong, noble libretto with the most eloquent music. Samson is the chosen of God, but his extraordinary strength isolates him as much as it marks him out: a succession of failed love affairs turns him into a destructive force, making this biblical Hercules the first suicidal to be a mass murderer. Supporting Jarrett Ott, Jacquelyn Stucker and Lea Desandre in the principal roles, the Pygmalion chorus and orchestra become important actors in a fresco that is both sublime and astonishingly modern.

English

Quand, en 1733, le plus brillant esprit de son temps, Voltaire, s’associe le plus grand compositeur, Rameau, pour mener à bien une ambitieuse réforme de l’art lyrique, cela donne l’opéra biblique Samson. Mais jugé sulfureux, le livret est censuré et la partition, perdue – reprise par bribes incertaines dans des ouvrages ultérieurs. Hantés par ce projet singulier devenu l’une des plus belles chimères de l’histoire de l’opéra, Claus Guth et Raphaël Pichon ont voulu non pas en reconstituer la lettre mais en recréer l’esprit : associer un récit d’une force et d’une noblesse inédites à la plus éloquente des musiques. Samson est l’élu de Dieu mais son pouvoir extraordinaire l’isole autant qu’il le distingue : une suite d’amours trompeuses va le retourner en pulsion destructrice, faisant de l’Hercule biblique le premier suicidé meurtrier de masse. Entourant Jarrett Ott, Jacquelyn Stucker et Lea Desandre dans les rôles principaux, le chœur et l’orchestre Pygmalion deviennent les acteurs à part entière d’une fresque sublime, extraordinairement actuelle.

français

Samson by Rameau, fre. 05 juli 2024, Fra (2024/2024), Instrueret af Claus Guth,, Dirigent Raphaël Pichon, Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence, France

Forestilling krediteringer (Medvirkende & Produktionshold )

Co-producer

Program, Information & Oversigt

Videoer

Yderligere læsning

Forestillingsdatoer og spillesteder

Spillesteder