85, 70, 52, 29, 11, 6 €

Re Orso

Marco Stroppa

May 19 to 22, 2012

85, 70, 52, 29, 11, 6 €
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Favola per musica, world premiere on 19 May 2012.

Presentation of the work by Agnès Terrier 40 minutes prior to each performance.

In the literary output of composer and librettist Arrigo Boito, Verdi's associate, there is a harsh and mysterious epic poem, Re Orso, published in 1865. The text in lyrical verse of utmost musical refinement recounts the legend of an appalling king, Bear, who reigned over Crete before the year 1000 in the darkest time of our era. Mingling the legendary character of the ancient king of animals with the myth of the Minotaur, Boito elaborates a new ill-fated figure steeped in crime and excess, awaiting punishment. Composer, scholar and teacher, Marco Stroppa picks up this text and writes his first piece of musical theater as a dance of death, with the collaboration of Richard Brunel and the Ensemble InterContemporain.

Performed in Italian with French supertitles

Music direction, Susanna Mälkki • Staging, Richard Brunel • With Rodrigo Ferreira, Monica Bacelli, Marisol Montalvo, Alexander Kravets, Geoffrey Carey, Cyril Anrep, Geoffrey Carey, Daniel Carraz, Piera Formenti • Ensemble Intercontemporain

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Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 8:00pm

Monday, May 21, 2012 - 8:00pm

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 8:00pm

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85, 70, 52, 29, 11, 6 €

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Présentation de Re Orso par Agnès Terrier
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Cast

Music direction
Susanna Mälkki
Staging
Richard Brunel
Dramaturgy
Catherine Ailloud-Nicolas
Dramaturgy
Giordano Ferrari
Scenery and costumes
Bruno de Lavenère
Lighting
Laurent Castaingt
Collaboration to movements
Thierry Thieû Niang
Magician
Alpha
Puppet advisor
Émilie Valentin
Musical assistant
Oliver Hagen
Staging assistant
Ester Pieri
Scenery assistant
Emilie Roy
Costumes assistant
Pascale Paume
Computer music production Ircam
Carlo Laurenzi
IRCAM scientific advisor
Jean Bresson
Choirmaster
Christophe Manien
Choirmaster
Joël Soichez
Re Orso
Rodrigo Ferreira
Le Ver
Monica Bacelli
Oliba
Marisol Montalvo
Le Trouvère
Alexander Kravets
Papiol, buffon
Geoffrey Carey

Des courtisans, Cyril Anrep, Geoffrey Carey, Daniel Carraz, Piera Formenti

Ensemble Intercontemporain

Command of: l'État français, Opéra Comique, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Ircam-Centre Pompidou, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Françoise et Jean-Philippe Billarant.
Production : Opéra Comique
Co-production : Théâtre de la Monnaie, Ircam-Centre Pompidou

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