Organization

Direttore d'orchestra

Direttore d'orchestra (+1)

Bertrand de Billy

Regia

Regia (+4)

Lydia Steier

Direzione del coro

Direzione del coro (+2)

ChinLien Wu

Scenografia

Scenografia (+1)

Etienne Pluss

Costumi

Katharina Schlipf

Tenore (+3)

Michael Spyres

Licinius

Tenore (+4)

Julien Behr

Cinna

Baritono (+2)

Florent M'Bia

Le chef des Aruspices

Mezzosoprano (+3)

Eve-Maud Hubeaux

La Grande Vestale

Orchestra

Paris Opera Orchestra

Chorus

Paris Opera Chorus

Luci

Valerio Tiberi

Drammaturgo

Drammaturgo (+1)

Olaf A. Schmitt

Un consul

Opéra Bastille

Basso (+2)

Jean Teitgen

Le Souverain Pontife

Opéra National de Paris

Soprano

Elza van den Heever

Julia

Soprano (+1)

Elodie Hache

Basso (+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?

francese

La vestale

Parigi

Francia