Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne - Opera - Season 19/20 Programming

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Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne

Palais Garnier - from 26 February to 08 March 2020

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Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne

Opera Philippe Boesmans

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Palais Garnier - from 26 February to 08 March 2020

2h25 with 1 interval

Language : French

Surtitle : French / English

About

In few words:

Princess Yvonne has nothing of a princess about her: she is ugly, apathetic and taciturn. The constant butt of taunts, her presence disturbs and irritates to excess. Philippe Boesmans’s opera, commissioned by the Paris Opera in 2008, stands alone: both sordid and droll, of unexpected cruelty but also irresistibly seductive, it reveals all the darkness of the human soul. Brought to the stage in a disturbing production by Luc Bondy, both score and libretto conserve all the dark humour and cynicism of Witold Gombrowicz’s eponymous play.

Opening
60 mn
Intermission 30 mn
55 mn
End

Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne

Opera in four acts

After la pièce homonyme de Witold Gombrowicz - 2009

Music :

Philippe Boesmans

Libretto :

Luc Bondy

Marie‑Louise Bischofberger

Conductor :

Susanna Mälkki

Director :

Luc Bondy

Choreography :

Arco Renz

Set design :

Richard Peduzzi

Costume design :

Milena Canonero

Lighting design :

Dominique Bruguière

Dramaturgy :

Geoffrey Layton

Chorus master :

José Luis Basso
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

Coproduction avec la Monnaie, Bruxelles et les Wiener Festwochen
Yvonne :

Dörte Lyssewski

Le roi Ignace :

Laurent Naouri

La reine Marguerite :

Béatrice Uria-Monzon

Le prince Philippe :

Julien Behr

Le Chambellan :

Jean Teitgen

Isabelle :

Antoinette Dennefeld

Cyrille :

Loïc Félix

Cyprien :

Christophe Gay

L'innocent :

Guilhem Worms

Valentin :

Marc Léonian

Le mendiant :

Taesung Lee

Deuxième tante :

Fernando Escalona

Première tante :

Blandine Folio-Peres

Première dame :

Marianne Chandelier

Deuxième dame :

Silga Tīruma

Troisième dame :

Pranvera Lehnert

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