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La Vestale
Opéra Bastille - from 15 June to 11 July 2024
On sale 21 November 2023 from 12 p.m
La Vestale
Gaspare Spontini
On sale 21 November 2023 from 12 p.m
Opéra Bastille - from 15 June to 11 July 2024
3h40 with 2 intervals
Language : French
Surtitle : French / English
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Pre-opening for the young : 12 June 2024
Opening night : 15 June 2024
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Julia, a priestess in the Temple of Vesta, is torn between her religious duties and her love for the Roman general Licinius. This is the crux of La Vestale, Gaspare Spontini’s opera, written at the beginning of the First Empire. Dedicated to Josephine and multiplying political allusions to Napoleon, the work was a triumph from its first performance at the Paris Opera in 1807. Admired by Berlioz, the score features brilliant orchestration and a sustained lyrical vocal style that heralds grand opera while remaining true to the legacy of Gluck. After remaining absent from the Paris Opera for almost 150 years, the return of this work in its original French version is an eagerly awaited event. Stage director Lydia Steier explores the themes of religious extremism and militaristic zeal: can love have any hope of surviving between these two ruthless extremes?
- Opening
- First part 75 mn
- Intermission 20 mn
- Second part 45 mn
- Intermission 20 mn
- Third part 60 mn
- End
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