Lear - Paris National Opera House (2019) - Lear - Opéra National de Paris Palais Garnier (2019)

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Description

Revival of the production created in 2016.

"Many composers have attempted to attack this Shakespearian monument, and the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is seeking the first role of King Lear, and is appealing to Aribert Reimann for the first time. Bayerische Staatsoper of Munich commissioned him, he finally accepted the challenge of this impossible opera, from the dark orchestration to the nuanced treatment of vocals resurfaced the tortuous concealment and the violence of human relationships. however, in the cathartic staging of Calixto Bieito, which deprives each of his characters: the collective hysteria gives way to the solitude of the old man.Anéanti, he finds himself like a newborn and cries "to have arrived on this great crazy theater. "

More information is available on the official website of the opera house.

Schedule

November 21, 2019 19:30:00

November 24, 2019 14:30:00

November 27, 2019 19:30:00

November 30, 2019 19:30:00

December 04, 2019 19:30:00

December 07, 2019 19:30:00

Casting

Calixto Bieito

Fabio Luisi

Bo Skovhus

Gidon Saks

Andreas Scheibner

Michael Colvin

Kor-Jan Dusseljee

Lauri Vasar

Andrew Watts

Andreas Conrad

Evelyn Herlitzius

Erika Sunnegardh

Annette Dasch

Ernst Alisch

Luca Sannaï

Lucas Prisor

Work's characters list

Director

Conductor

König Lear

König von Frankreich

Herzog von Albany

Herzog von Cornwall

Graf von Kent

Graf von Gloster

Edgar

Edmund

Goneril

Regan

Cordelia

Narr

Bedienter

Ritter

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