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Berlioz : Les Troyens

Tuesday August 29th 2023
6pm l 5h10 including intermissions

Cast

First Part: The taking of Troy
Second Part: The Trojans in Carthage

An opera in five acts to a libretto by Hector Berlioz, inspired by Virgil’s Aeneid, premiered in its entirety in Carlsruhe in 1890.

New Production

Alice Coote Cassandre
Michael Spyres Énée
Paula Murrihy Didon
Lionel Lhote Chorèbe / Sentinelle I
Adèle Charvet Ascagne
William Thomas Narbal
Ashley Riches Panthée
Beth Taylor Anna
Laurence Kilsby Iopas / Hylas
Rebecca Evans Hècube
Alex Rosen Hector / Sentinelle II
*Graham Neal, Helenus
*Sam Evans, A soldier
* Monteverdi Choir soloists

Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Dinis Sousa Conductor
Tess Gibbs Staging
Rick Fisher Lights

Concert in French with French and English surtitles.

The interview with Laurent Brunner is available here.
Find out more about the exceptional décor for this evening, zooming in on Ciceri's "marble palace enhanced with gold", available here.

Program for this show is available here.










Presentation

« Spectacular, magnificent and deeply moving » : The Trojans, Berlioz's masterpiece.

At the age of fifty-five, after three decades of irrepressible music, successes and failures, Berlioz the alchemist completed his most ambitious project: The Trojans, an opera in five acts for four hours of wildly inventive music.

Berlioz created his own demiurgic version of Virgil's Aeneid, resulting in a colossal work, with five acts, nine tableaux, a plethora of roles, a titanic orchestra and an omnipresent chorus. For a long time The Trojans was considered a kind of sacred and unplayable musical behemoth and was often divided into two distinct evenings (The Capture of Troy and The Trojans in Carthage), which illustrates the wild ambitions of the brilliant French composer. “I have spent half my life among these demigods; I tell myself that they knew me as much as I know them,” explained Berlioz after composing a piece that had been on his mind since childhood.

By turns epic, poetic and intrepid, full of brio and carried by a keen sense of tragic grandeur, The Trojans forms a dazzling ensemble. We can only surrender to the pomp of its marches, its bellicose scenes, the prophetic curses of Cassandra and Dido and perhaps also the headiness of one of the most captivating love duets in the repertoire.

The conductor Dinis Sousa directs his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir in this beloved piece, taking it to its zenith in the historic (1837) setting of the Opéra Royal, in the very footsteps of Berlioz. Let us throw open the bronze doors of history!

Concert performed in the « Marble palace enhanced with gold », a setting designed by Ciceri in which Berlioz himself directed a concert at the Opéra Royal on Sunday 29 October 1848.






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Prices

Catégorie 3

63€ to 76€
Tarif Plein
76€
Tarif moins de 26 ans
63€
Carte CVS
63€

Catégorie 2

97€ to 113€
Tarif Plein
113€
Tarif moins de 26 ans
97€
Carte CVS
97€

Catégorie 1

124€ to 140€
Tarif Plein
140€
Tarif moins de 26 ans
124€
Carte CVS
124€

Prestige

162€ to 178€
Tarif Plein
178€
Tarif moins de 26 ans
162€
Carte CVS
162€

Prestige VIP

211€
Tarif Plein
211€

Doge

286€
Tarif Plein
286€

DOGE CATEGORY: Best seats, a free programme, an invitation to the cocktail reception (opening 45 min before the show) and unlimited champagne.

PRESTIGE VIP CATEGORY : Best seats in house with complimentary glass of champagne and programme.

PRESTIGE CATEGORY : Excellent seats with complimentary glass of champagne and programme.

REDUCED RATE : applicable to under 26s, Chateau de Versailles Spectacles card holders and groups of more than 10 people (excluding special company offer).

To ensure the best welcome possible, people with limited mobility are advised to book their seats by telephone at +33 (0)1 30 83 78 89.

In case of any technical problem, the box office service remain available to complete your order by phone at +33 (0)1 30 83 78 89 (Monday-Friday from 11am to 6pm) or in our box office-shop (3 bis rue des Réservoirs, 78000 Versailles ; Monday-Friday from 11am to 6pm, and on Saturdays with concerts or shows except during the Musical Fountains Shows, from 2pm to 5pm).

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