Name: Le Domino noir
Start: 2021-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra de Lausanne

Organization

Baritone

François Rougier

Juliano

Singer

Jodie Devos

Angèle de Olivarès

Philippe Talbot

Horace de Massarena

Julia Deit-Ferrand

Brigitte de San Lurcar

Mezzo-soprano

Marie Lenormand

Jacinthe

Bass-baritone

Raphael Hardmeyer

Gil Perez

Bass

Laurent Montel

Lord Elfort

Conductor

Laurent Campellone

Stage director

Valérie Lesort

Christian Hecq

Set designer

Laurent Peduzzi

Costume designer

Vanessa Sannino

Lighting designer

Christian Pinaud

Choreographer

Glyslein Lefever

Chorus master

Patrick Marie Aubert

Opéra de Lausanne

Others

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Le Domino noir -  (The Black Domino)

Lausanne

Switzerland

Public

The Black Domino

Approved

Midnight or the new Cinderella!

This was the title that the opera was originally intended to have, summing up the plot wonderfully. However, it is dressed in a black domino that Angèle leaves incognito from the convent to savour one last time the pleasures of this world, before entering the order. When she arrives at the ball, she has no idea that a Cavalier, claiming to have already seen her, is going to woo her. The Domino Noir tries to remain faithful to her wishes, fleeing the ball and at the same time her feelings. But it is already past midnight and Angèle is caught up by her destiny. So, during a crazy night, she will have to hide, disguise herself, change her plans… …and finally, by a happy coincidence, change her vocation.

The story sometimes turns into a vaudeville, without ever losing its depth; a skilful balance that Auber’s score, full of refinement and mischief, underlines marvellously. The Domino Noir has become Auber’s greatest success and one of the most emblematic comic operas of the French Romantic repertoire.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble