Name: Esclarmonde
Start: 1976-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1976-12-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Admin

The Metropolitan Opera

Conductor

Richard Bonynge

Stage director

Lotfi Mansouri

Set designer

Beni Montresor

Choreographer

Norbert Vesak

Soprano

Joan Sutherland

Esclarmonde

Tenor

Giacomo Aragall

Roland de Blois

John Alexander

Mezzo-soprano

Huguette Tourangeau

Parséïs

Bass

Jerome Hines

Phorcas

Clifford Grant

Baritone

John Macurdy

Cléomer

Louis Quilico

Évêque de Blois

John Carpenter

Énéas

Nico Castel

L'Envoyé des Sarazins

Charles Anthony

Paul Franke

Héraut byzantin

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Parisian audiences in 1889 were thrilled by Massenet’s wizardry in telling the story of Esclarmonde, the princess of Byzantium with magical powers, and her love for the heroic knight Roland. But the title role was so difficult that the opera languished for decades, until Joan Sutherland, with her dazzling ability to sing the most fearsome embellishments, brought this jewel of an opera to life for modern audiences.

Esclarmond ondemand

Public

Candela Meluzio

Approved

Léirmheasanna