Organization

Conductor

Motonori Kobayashi

Stage director

Marie-Eve Signeyrole

Set designer

Fabien Teigné

Costume designer

Yashi

Lighting designer

Florian Franzen

Chorus master

Fabio Mancini

Dramaturge

Merle Fahrholz

Assistant Director

David Bolik

Video designer

Laurent La Rosa

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Hyona Kim

Frédégonde

Tenor

Sergey Romanovsky

Mérowig

Baritone

Mandla Mndebele

Hilpérick

Sungho Kim

Fortunatus

Bass

Denis Velev

L'Evêque Prétextat

Demian Matushevskyi

Landéric

Ian Sidden

Un Serviteur

Choreographer

Martin Grandperret

Theater Dortmund

Orchestra

Dortmunder Philharmoniker

Others

Opernchor Theater Dortmund

Palazzetto Bru Zane

Soprano

Anna Sohn

Brunhilda

Dortmund

Germany

The rebirth of an almost forgotten treasure: After just nine stagings in the years 1895 and 1896, Frédégonde sank into oblivion for over a century. Things were complicated from the very start, beginning with the composition. When Ernest Guiraud died in 1892, only the first three acts of Frédégonde were complete. It was completed by Guiraud's friend Camille Saint-Saëns. The later's personal style, combining romantic harmonies with classical form, make this opera a unique testament to the musical variety of the late 19th century, in the vast shadow of Richard Wagner. – The Theater Dortmund stages the Merovingian historical drama about love, power and vengeance using a thrilling combination of theater and silent film. The German premiere live and exclusive to takt1.

Opernhaus Dortmund

Frédégonde Guiraud

Public

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading