COMMISSIONED BY THE PARIS OPERA
Opera in three acts (2010)
Music by BRUNO MANTOVANI (born in 1974)
Libretto by CHRISTOPHE GHRISTI
Performed in French
Bruno Mantovani, born in 1974, is one of the most brilliant composers of our time. Having made his Paris Opera debut in the 2009-2010 season with the ballet Siddharta, he now returns with Akhmatova, inspired by the fate of one the 20th century's greatest poets.
| Pascal Rophé | Conductor |
| Nicolas Joel | Stage director |
| Wolfgang Gussmann | Sets and costumes |
| Hans Toelstede | Lighting |
| Patrick Marie Aubert | Chorus master |
Janina Baechle Anna Akhmatova
Atilla Kiss Lev Goumilev
Lionel Peintre Pounin
Varduhi Abrahamyan Lydia Tchoukovskaya
Valérie Condoluci Faina Ranevskaya
Christophe Dumaux The Representative Of the Writers' Union
Fabrice Dalis A Sculptor, An English Academic
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
>Rencontre Akhmatova
24 March 2011
>Autour de... Readings from Anna Akhmatova
04 April 2011
>Autour de... Mantovani / Danel Quartet
05 April 2011
>Autour de... Mantovani / F.F Guy
12 April 2011
