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
Bettina Bartz
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Marguerite de Valois
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Valentine
Jennifer Rowley
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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
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Raoul de Nangris
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Marcel
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Bois-Rosé
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Ein Wächter
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Ein Diener
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Une dame d´Honneur
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Catherine de Médicis
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Une Coryphée
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Children's Choir of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Generously supported by the Semperoper Foundation
