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Before putting drama back at the heart of opera, Gluck contributed to the transformation of the choreographic art of his time. With ballet master Angiolini, he embraced the bold project of Calzabigi who, in Vienna, aspired to make dance a comprehensive narrative language.
Don Juan defies social norms as he flouts divine principles. Semiramis, Queen of Babylon, chooses a spouse unaware that he is her son. A ghost announcing the ultimate punishment appears before each of them.
Before putting drama back at the heart of opera, Gluck contributed to the transformation of the choreographic art of his time. With ballet master Angiolini, he embraced the bold project of Calzabigi who, in Vienna, aspired to make dance a comprehensive narrative language.
Owing much to French literature, these two pantomime ballets established Gluck’s evocative art in Europe.
Under the baton of Jordi Savall and with choreographies by Edward Clug and Ángel Rodríguezof, this co-production by the Capitole de Toulouse, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, and the Opéra-Comique revives the advent of an artistic revolution: above all conventions, primacy is granted to expressive gestures at last.
- Iphigénie en Aulide | First part (20 minutes) | Orchestral suite of the opera in three acts (without ballet). First performed in Vienna in 1774.
- Sémiramis | Pantomime Ballet Created In 1765 In Vienne Lecture By Gasparo Calzabigi
- Don Juan | Pantomime Ballet Created In 1761 In Vienne Lecture By Gasparo Calzabigi
Musical direction, Jordi Savall • Orchestra, Le Concert des Nations • Ballet de l’Opéra national du Capitole
Sémiramis | Choreography, Ángel Rodríguez • Decors, Curt Allen Wilmer et Leticia Gañán
Don Juan | Choreography, Edward Clug • Decors, Marko Japelj
See all the castEstimated duration : 2h15, including intermission - Salle Favart
175, 145, 115, 80, 50, 35, 15, 6 €
Show performed in French with French and English surtitles
The doors of the opera-house open 45 minutes before the performance.
Accessibility
Audiodescription (In French) | Saturday 24 May at 8 pm and Sunday 25 May at 3 pm
This opera is available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand.
Production: Accès Culture
Relax session | Sunday 25 May at 3 pm
Relax sessions offer a inclusive caring environment for people whose disability may give rise to atypical and unpredictable behaviour during the show.
First part | Iphigénie en Aulide
Orchestral suite of the opera in three acts (without ballet).
First performed in Vienna in 1774. Libretto by Marie François Louis Gand Bailli du Roullet dit Le Blanc (1716-1786).
Overture: Andante - Grave - Animé • Marche: Maestoso, con espressione • Ballet: Gravement Chaconne movement: A little lively • Air pour the slaves: Allegretto, without hurrying - Allegro
Duration: 20 minutes
Sémiramis | Artistic team
Don Juan | Artistic team
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