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Opera

Macbeth
Underworld
Pascal Dusapin

Presentation

The story of Those two continues to haunt our own time.

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

La Monnaie

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)

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Dates & tickets

Dates

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