Opera
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Text by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps Performed in French with German and English supertitles
On the night of St. Bartholomew’s Day in 1572, French Catholics murdered thousands of their fellow citizens, the Huguenots, adherents of the new Protestant faith. In »Les Huguenots«, Giacomo Meyerbeer employs all the means of grand opera to show how religious conflict can lead to massacre. In this key work in the history of opera – and one which has only regained popularity in recent years – Meyerbeer’s music develops a hypnotic power, which is impossible to escape.
Summary
On the night of St. Bartholomew’s Day in 1572, French Catholics murdered thousands of their fellow citizens, the Huguenots, adherents of the new Protestant faith. In »Les Huguenots«, Giacomo Meyerbeer employs all the means of grand opera to show how religious conflict can lead to massacre. In this key work in the history of opera – and one which has only regained popularity in recent years – Meyerbeer’s music develops a hypnotic power, which is impossible to escape.
Complete Cast
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Conductor
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Staging
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Set Design & Costume Design
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Lighting Design
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Choir
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Dramaturgy
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Marguerite de Valois
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Valentine
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Graf de Saint-Bris
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Graf de Nevers
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Urbain
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Cossé
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Tavannes
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De Retz
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Méru
Padraic Rowan
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Maurevert
Mateusz Hoedt
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Raoul de Nangris
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Marcel
Lawson Anderson
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Bois-Rosé
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Ein Diener
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Erste Hofdame
Anna Kudriashova
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Catherine de Médicis
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Zweite Hofdame
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Children’s Choir of the Semperoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Generously supported by the Semperoper Foundation
Making-of trailer »Les Huguenots«
Part 1 – Staging by Peter Konwitschny
Part 2 – Scenic artist Romy Krüger
Part 3 – Conductor Stefan Soltész
Part 4 – Sopranos Venera Gimadieva (Marguerite) and Jennifer Rowley (Valentine)
