Organization

Dirigent

Dirigent (+1)

Bertrand de Billy

Regisseur

Regisseur (+4)

Lydia Steier

Koor meester

Koor meester (+2)

ChinLien Wu

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Etienne Pluss

Kostuum ontwerper

Katharina Schlipf

Tenor (+3)

Michael Spyres

Licinius

Tenor (+4)

Julien Behr

Cinna

Bariton (+2)

Florent Mbia

Le chef des Aruspices

Mezzosopraan (+3)

Eve-Maud Hubeaux

La Grande Vestale

Orchestra

Paris Opera Orchestra

Chorus

Paris Opera Chorus

Licht ontwerper

Valerio Tiberi

Dramaturg

Dramaturg (+1)

Olaf A. Schmitt

Un consul

Opéra Bastille

Bas (+2)

Jean Teitgen

Le Souverain Pontife

Opéra National de Paris

Sopraan

Elza van den Heever

Julia

Sopraan (+1)

Elodie Hache

Bas (+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?

Frans

La vestale

Parijs

Frankrijk