P. Dusapin: Macbeth Underworld
Pascal Dusapin (*1955)
Macbeth Underworld
Sung in English, surtitles in Dutch and French
Conductor / ALAIN ALTINOGLU
Director / THOMAS JOLLY
Set design / BRUNO DE LAVENÈRE
Costumes / SYLVETTE DEQUEST
Lighting / ANTOINE TRAVERT
Dramaturgy / KATJA KRÜGER
Artistic collaborator / ALEXANDRE DAIN
Chorus Masters / MARTINO FAGGIANI, ALBERTO MORO
Cast
Lady Macbeth / MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ (ANGÉLIQUE NOLDUS Sep 22, Oct 3)
Macbeth / GEORG NIGL
Three Weird Sisters / EKATERINA LEKHINA, LILLY JØRSTAD, CHRISTEL LOETZSCH
Ghost / KRISTINN SIGMUNDSSON
Porter / GRAHAM CLARK
Archiluth / CHRISTIAN RIVET
Child / ELYNE MAILLARD, NAOMI TAPIOLA
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Women‘s Chorus
Production LA MONNAIE | DE MUNT
Co-production OPÉRA COMIQUE (PARIS), OPÉRA DE ROUEN NORMANDIE
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.
La Monnaie offers you the possibility to watch all of its opera productions online. Only days after the last performance, Macbeth Underworld will be available from 17.10.2019 up to and including 27.11.2019 in full version and free of charge on the MM Channel.