Opera
Macbeth
Underworld
Pascal Dusapin
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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OperaNot shying away from any risks
Behind the scenes of ‘Macbeth Underworld’ with Thomas Jolly
Thomas Jolly takes us backstage during the rehearsals for La Monnaie’s brand new opera Macbeth Underworld. France’s latest Shakespeare-sensation talked to us at length about his latest project, the collaboration with Pascal Dusapin and the atmosphere at our opera house.
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OperaMacbeth Underworld
through the lens of the seventh art
If you ask Pascal Dusapin, he has “seen everything on film relating to Macbeth.” So it is hardly surprising that the history of cinema greatly inspired the French composer’s new world creation Macbeth Underworld. From Judi Dench, through Orson Welles with a leading role for Roman Polanski.
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OperaPascal Dusapin
introduces ‘Macbeth Underworld’
From Shakespeare to Judi Dench, from the inspiration he found in films to the opera singers he chose for the leading roles: the French composer Pascal Dusapin discusses the genesis of his new opera commissioned by La Monnaie, Macbeth Underworld.
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Fri 20 Sept 2019
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Sun 22 Sept 2019
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15:00
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Tue 24 Sept 2019
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20:00
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Thu 26 Sept 2019
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20:00
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Sun 29 Sept 2019
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15:00
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Tue 01 Oct 2019
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20:00
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Thu 03 Oct 2019
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20:00
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Sat 05 Oct 2019
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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
