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 Alessandro Scarlatti

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Palais Garnier - from 22 January to 23 February 2019

2h55 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 60 mn
Intermission 30 mn
Second part 85 mn
End

Il Primo Omicidio overo Cain

Oratorio for six voices (1707)

Music :

Alessandro Scarlatti

Libretto :

Anonyme

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
Coproduction with the Staatsoper Unter Den Linden, Berlin and the Teatro Massimo, Palerme
B’Rock Orchestra
Caino :

Kristina Hammarström

Abel :

Olivia Vermeulen

Eva :

Birgitte Christensen

Adamo :

Thomas Walker

Voce di Dio :

Benno Schachtner

Voce di Lucifero :

Robert Gleadow