Photo © Monika Rittershaus / OnP
Photo © Monika Rittershaus / OnP
Bérénice
Palais Garnier - from 26 September to 17 October 2018
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Bérénice
World creation
New show
Opera Michael Jarrell
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Palais Garnier - from 26 September to 17 October 2018
1h30 no interval
Language : French
Surtitle : French / English
Pre-opening : 26 September 2018
Opening night : 29 September 2018
About
In few words:
Titus, passionately in love with Berenice, sends her away from Rome “in spite of himself and in spite of her”, recounts Suetonius. Racine places this famous narrative at the heart of his peerless tragedy, Berenice, whose simplicity of plot constitutes a literary tour de force. Titus and Berenice love each other; under the watchful eye of Antiochus, the hopeless lover, they try yet refuse to understand each other. Taking up the “majestic sadness” of these alexandrines, among the greatest verses in the French language, Michael Jarrell amplifies the power of words, making them a vehicle for spaces and identities that, from Rome to Jerusalem, are unceasingly questioned.
Berenice
world premiere
After Jean Racine
Music :
Libretto :
Conductor :
Director :
Chorus master :
Alessandro Di Stefano - Chœurs de l’Opera national de Paris (enregistrés)
Set design :
Lighting design :
Video :
Dramaturgy :
Titus :
Bérénice :
Antiochus :
Paulin :
Arsace :
Phénice :
Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Bérénice
Bérénice (Saison 18/19) - Barbara Hannigan , Bo Skovhus, Alastair Miles , Rina Schenfeld
Bérénice (Saison 18/19) - Barbara Hannigan, Bo Skovhus, Ivan Ludlow
Bérénice (Saison 18/19)- Barbara Hannigan , Bo Skovhus
Media coverage
Cloudlike and smoky, the music of “Bérénice” whispers eerily, punctuating the clear, forceful vocal lines, which press the singers to the edges of their ranges, with eerie shadows and bronzed shimmers.
Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times
Des chanteurs d’exception, une mise en scène remarquable et un orchestre de haut vol pour attiser les passion
Sylvie Bonier, Le Temps
Voix remarquables, les interprètes font preuve d'un jeu d'une extrême finesse
Lorenzo Ciavarini Azzi, Culturebox
About the work
A Twelve Point Guide to Alexandrines
Apart From Love
Podcast Bérénice
What Music for Berenice?
By Marion Mirande and Simon Hatab
Beyond the experience
Radiodiffusion sur France Musique le mercredi 5 décembre à 20h.
Media and technical partners
Radio broadcaster
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