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Jephtha
Palais Garnier - from 13 to 30 January 2018
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Jephtha
Opera Georg Friedrich Haendel
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Palais Garnier - from 13 to 30 January 2018
3h05 with 1 interval
Language : English
Surtitle : French / English
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Opening night : 13 January 2018
About
In few words:
When Jephthah, a biblical parable adapted from the Book of Judges, begins, the people of Israel are under the yoke of neighbouring nations which pillage and oppress them. Jephthah, destined to become their saviour, has grown up in the desert until becoming a powerful military leader. On leaving for battle, he swears to the god Jehovah that he will sacrifice the first person he meets on his way home. Alas, as he returns victorious, it is Iphis, his only daughter, who comes to meet him… Claus Guth directs this oratorio in which grief‑stricken voices interweave as they confront an apocalyptic situation. The drama seems to lead to a tragic denouement,
in accordance with Handel’s injunction: “It must be thus”. But must it really be thus?
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Jephtha
Oratorio en three acts
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Music :
Georg Friedrich Haendel
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Libretto :
Thomas Morell
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Conductor :
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Director :
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Set design :
Katrin Lea Tag
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Lighting design :
Bernd Purkrabek
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Video :
Arian Andiel
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Choreography :
Sommer Ulrickson
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Dramaturgy :
Yvonne Gebauer
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Chorus master :
François Bazola
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Jephtha :
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Storgé :
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Iphis :
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Hamor :
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Zebul :
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Angel :
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Performances
Available in audiodescription
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Gallery
Audio clips
Podcast | Jephtha - Georg Friedrich Haendel
— By In partnership with France Musique
Media coverage
Les parties chorales de Jephtha sont aussi bouleversantes que celtes de la Messe en si de Bach
Maurice Ulrich, L’HumanitéVoilée et puissante, brisée ou violente, la voix de Ian Bostridge épouse magnifiquement la prosodie
Marie-Aude Roux, Le Monde
About the work
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Podcast Jephtha
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Handel at the peak of his art
By Octave
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Refusing the end