Organization

Dirección orquestal

Dirección orquestal (+1)

Bertrand de Billy

Dirección de escena

Dirección de escena (+4)

Lydia Steier

Dirección coral

Dirección coral (+2)

ChinLien Wu

Escenografía

Escenografía (+1)

Etienne Pluss

Diseño de vestuario

Katharina Schlipf

Tenor (+3)

Michael Spyres

Licinius

Tenor (+4)

Julien Behr

Cinna

Barítono (+2)

Florent Mbia

Le chef des Aruspices

Mezzosoprano (+3)

Eve-Maud Hubeaux

La Grande Vestale

Orchestra

Paris Opera Orchestra

Chorus

Paris Opera Chorus

Iluminación

Valerio Tiberi

Dramaturgo

Dramaturgo (+1)

Olaf A. Schmitt

Un consul

Opéra Bastille

Bajo (+2)

Jean Teitgen

Le Souverain Pontife

Opéra National de Paris

Soprano

Elza van den Heever

Julia

Soprano (+1)

Elodie Hache

Bajo (+4)

Nicolas Courjal

Julia, a priestess in the Temple of Vesta, is torn between her religious duties and her love for the Roman general Licinius. This is the crux of La Vestale, Gaspare Spontini’s opera, written at the beginning of the First Empire. Dedicated to Josephine and multiplying political allusions to Napoleon, the work was a triumph from its first performance at the Paris Opera in 1807. Admired by Berlioz, the score features brilliant orchestration and a sustained lyrical vocal style that heralds grand opera while remaining true to the legacy of Gluck. After remaining absent from the Paris Opera for almost 150 years, the return of this work in its original French version is an eagerly awaited event. Stage director Lydia Steier explores the themes of religious extremism and militaristic zeal: can love have any hope of surviving between these two ruthless extremes?

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