Il Primo Omicidio - Opera - Season 18/19 Programming

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Il Primo Omicidio

Palais Garnier - from 22 January to 23 February 2019

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Il Primo Omicidio

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Opera ovvero Caino / Alessandro Scarlatti

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Palais Garnier - from 22 January to 23 February 2019

2h40 with 1 interval

Language : Italian

Opening night : 24 January
Pre-opening night : 22 January

About

In few words:

The murder of Abel by his brother Cain is one of those subjects that fascinated a century preoccupied by theological matters. That first murder was to engender all humanity and cast the ambiguous figure of Cain in the role of the father of civilisation. In the wake of Moses und Aron, stage director Romeo Castellucci returns to the Paris Opera with this oratorio, exploring its metaphysical dimension and the role of evil within the divine plan. Scarlatti’s music evokes the theme

Opening
First part 50 mn
Intermission 30 mn
Second part 80 mn
End

Il Primo Omicidio ovvero Caino

Oratorio for six voices (1707)

Music :

Alessandro Scarlatti

Libretto :

Pietro Ottoboni

Conductor :

René Jacobs

Director :

Romeo Castellucci

Set design :

Romeo Castellucci

Costume design :

Romeo Castellucci

Lighting design :

Romeo Castellucci

Artistic collaboration :

Silvia Costa

Dramaturgy :

Piersandra Di Matteo

Christian Longchamp

Orchestre :

B’Rock Orchestra
Coproduction with the Staatsoper Unter Den Linden, Berlin and the Teatro Massimo, Palerme
Avec la participation de la Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Chœur d'enfants de l'Opéra national de Paris
Caino :

Kristina Hammarström

Abele :

Olivia Vermeulen

Eva :

Birgitte Christensen

Adamo :

Thomas Walker

Voce di Dio :

Benno Schachtner

Voce di Lucifero :

Robert Gleadow

Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Chœur d'enfants de l'Opéra national de Paris :

Charles Le Vacon (Caino)

24, 29 Jan., 3, 12, 14, 20 Feb.

Hippolyte Chapuis (Caino)

26, 31 Jan., 6, 9, 17, 23 Feb.

Arthur Viard (Abele)

24, 29 Jan., 3, 12, 14, 20 Feb.

Rémi Courtel (Abele)

26, 31 Jan., 6, 9, 17, 23 Feb.

Lucie Larras (Eva)

24, 29 Jan., 3, 12, 14, 20 Feb.

Alma Perrin (Eva)

26, 31 Jan., 6, 9, 17, 23 Feb.

Anton Bony (Adamo)

24, 29 Jan., 3, 12, 14, 20 Feb.

Armand Dumonteil (Adamo)

26, 31 Jan., 6, 9, 17, 23 Feb.

Mayeul Letellier (Voce di Dio)

24, 29 Jan., 3, 12, 14, 20 Feb.

Riccardo Carducci (Voce di Dio)

26, 31 Jan., 6, 9, 17, 23 Feb.

Andréas Parastatidis (Voce di Lucifero)

24, 29 Jan., 3, 12, 14, 20 Feb.

Léo Chatel (Voce di Lucifero)

26, 31 Jan., 6, 9, 17, 23 Feb.

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Gallery

1/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19) - Birgitte Christensen (Eva), Thomas Walker (Adamo), Kristina Hammarström (Caino), Olivia Vermeulen (Abele), Benno Schachtner (Voce di Dio)

2/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19) - Birgitte Christensen (Eva), Thomas Walker (Adamo), Olivia Vermeulen (Abele), Kristina Hammarström (Caino)

3/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

4/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19) - Kristina Hammarström (Caino), Olivia Vermeulen (Abele)

5/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19) - Birgitte Christensen (Eva), Thomas Walker (Adamo), Olivia Vermeulen (Abele), Kristina Hammarström (Caino)

6/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19) - Thomas Walker (Adamo), Olivia Vermeulen (Abele), Birgitte Christensen (Eva), Kristina Hammarström (Caino)

7/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

8/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19) - Olivia Vermeulen (Abele), Kristina Hammarström (Caino)

9/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

10/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

11/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

12/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

13/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

14/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

15/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

16/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

17/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

18/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19) - Robert Gleadow (Voce di Lucifero)

19/19 :

Il Primo Omicidio (saison 18/19)

1/2:

Romeo Castellucci about Il primo omicidio

2/2:

Lumière sur : Les coulisses de Il Primo Omicidio

Audio clips

Il Primo Omicidio - « Sommo dio nel mio peccato » (René Jacobs)

Il Primo Omicidio - « Aderite, o figli miei »

Il Primo Omicidio - « L'Innocenza paccando perdeste »

Il Primo Omicidio - « La Fraterna amica pace »

Media coverage

Sous la direction engagée de René Jacobs, cette musique à la fois simple et dépouillée dans ses effets, raffinée et complexe dans son écriture harmonique, suit son accomplissement spirituel et narratif.
Marie-Aude Roux, Le Monde
ll primo omicidio d'Alessandro Scarlaîti allie la beauté musicale et plastique à une méditation sur la condition humaine.
Maurice Ulrich, L’Humanité
Romeo Castellucci’s version of an operatic Cain and Abel is awash in stage magic
Joshua Barone, The New York Times

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