Not shying away from any risks
Behind the scenes of ‘Macbeth Underworld’ with Thomas Jolly
LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Opera
Macbeth
Underworld Pascal Dusapin
Underworld
Presentation
The story of Those two continues to haunt our own time.— Pascal Dusapin
Just four years after the premiere of his Penthesilea, Pascal Dusapin has come up with a new opera, commissioned by La Monnaie. Together with his librettist Frédéric Boyer, he delves into the darkest regions of the human soul, this time via iconic symbols of evil in humankind: Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The young French director Thomas Jolly who is familiar with Shakespeare’s world will direct, while conductor Alain Altinoglu does justice to the intense drama and the vocal and orchestral richness of the score. The result is a bloodstained gothic opera, in which the ill-fated couple is condemned to relive its own tragedy, haunting their memory and ours.
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Dates & tickets
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Location
Running time
95' (without interval)
Prices
Gold – € 159
Cat 1 – € 129 | Cat 2 – € 99
Cat 3 – € 85 | Cat 4 – € 62
Cat 5 – € 34 | Cat 6 – € 10
Younger than 30
Cat 1, 2, 3 – € 50
Cat 4, 5 – € 20
Language
Sung in English
Surtitles in Dutch and French
Presentation
Pre-performance talks 30' before the start of the performances by Isabelle Dumont (FR) and Liesbeth Segers (NL)
Streaming
streaming on
www.lamonnaie.be/en/streaming
17.10 > 27.11.2019
World premiere
Commissioned by La Monnaie | De Munt, Opéra Comique (Paris)
Gallery
Magazine
Dates
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Fri 20 Sept 2019
Time20:00
Venue -
Sun 22 Sept 2019
Time15:00
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Tue 24 Sept 2019
Time20:00
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Thu 26 Sept 2019
Time20:00
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Sun 29 Sept 2019
Time15:00
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Tue 01 Oct 2019
Time20:00
Venue -
Thu 03 Oct 2019
Time20:00
Venue -
Sat 05 Oct 2019
Time20:00
Venue
Cast
Cast
ConductorALAIN ALTINOGLU
DirectorTHOMAS JOLLY
Direction collaboratorALEXANDRE DAIN
Set designBRUNO DE LAVENÈRE
LightingANTOINE TRAVERT
CostumesSYLVETTE DEQUEST
DramaturgyKATJA KRÜGER
Chorus MastersMARTINO FAGGIANI, ALBERTO MORO
Lady MacbethMAGDALENA KOŽENÁ, SOPHIE MARILLEY (22.09 & 3.10)
MacbethGEORG NIGL
Three Weird SistersEKATERINA LEKHINA, LILLY JØRSTAD, CHRISTEL LOETZSCH
GhostKRISTINN SIGMUNDSSON
PorterGRAHAM CLARK
ArchiluthCHRISTIAN RIVET
ChildELYNE MAILLARD, NAOMI TAPIOLA
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Women‘s Chorus
ProductionLA MONNAIE | DE MUNT
Co-productionOPÉRA COMIQUE (PARIS), OPÉRA DE ROUEN NORMANDIE
With special thanks to the investors of taxshelter.beJEAN GOLDSCHMIDT INTERNATIONAL, MANO S.A., 'T ZOUT CONSTRUCT, EMPEREUR FROISSART
In coproduction with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions With the support of taxshelter.be and ING With the support of the tax shelter of the Belgian federal government
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