First day of Licht, premiered on 3 April 1981 at La Scala in Milan.
The double of the composer and of the archangel Michael, Michael – interpreted by a singer, a dancer and a trumpeter – is at first a child with his parents, then a man in love, an artist and a traveler, and finally an archangel facing evil, a messenger of peace and an intercessor between men and God.
Exploring time, surrounding space, mobilizing the performers and the audience. With Donnerstag, the first of seven operas of the Licht cycle, Stockhausen achieved a great adventure for the ear, the eye and the mind, with a keen sense of detail and of organic unity.
Maxime Pascal enthusiastically defends this total and totalizing work. Benjamin Lazar joins him to make this great ritual accessible to everyone. On this occasion, the Opéra Comique will open its doors earlier than usual to better unfold the utopias and the generous proportions of this exceptional score.
Production in German with supertitles.
Music direction, Maxime Pascal • Staging, Benjamin Lazar • With Damien Bigourdan, Emmanuelle Grach, Henri Deléger, Léa Trommenschlager, Élise Chauvin, Iris Zerdoud, Damien Pass, Jamil Attar, Safir Behloul, Suzanne Meyer, Mathieu Adam, Alphonse Cemin, Alice Caubit, Ghislain Roffat, Darius Moglia, Éléonore Brundell • Orchestra, Le Balcon, Orchestre à cordes du CRR de Paris, Orchestre Impromptu • Choir, jeune chœur de Paris
See all the cast4h10 (2 entractes inclus) - Salle Favart
90, 75, 65, 50, 30, 25, 12, 6 €
Spectacle en allemand, surtitré
Before the show
Cast
New production:
Opéra Comique, Le Balcon
Coproduction:
Opéra National de Bordeaux
Reprise:
Southbank Centre, London
Editor:
Stockhausen Verlag
Le Balcon est soutenu par : Programme CERNI du Ministère de la Culture, Caisse des Dépôts, Fondation Orange, Fondation Singer-Polignac, Fabernovel, Areitec, B media, Sonic Emotion, SACEM.
Le département supérieur pour jeunes chanteurs | CRR de Paris est financé par la Mairie de Paris et le Ministère de la culture (DRAC Ile-de-France). Son rayonnement est soutenu par accentus. Le jeune chœur de paris est soutenu par la Fondation Bettencourt Schueller.
Pour ce projet, le Balcon reçoit le soutien de la Fondation Orange
