Details

Love and war; obedience and loyalty; fate and freedom. Berlioz's visionary Les Troyens is opera on an epic scale, and deals with some of mankind's profoundest questions in a work of exceptional power and sensual lyricism. From the Trojans' dutiful acceptance of the famous wooden horse into their beseiged city through to Enee's flight to Carthage and beyond, the opera presents an awe-inspiring vision of the ancient world, in music both monumental and intimate, glittering and solemn. Les Troyens shows Berlioz at the height of his dramatic powers, in a work whose scale and ambition approach those of Wagner's Ring cycle. Sung in French with English supertitles. Running time: 5hrs 30mins approx.

Cast/Performers

Sergei Semishkur (Enee Aug 28 / 30), Ekaterina Gubanova (Aug 28 / 30), Mlada Khudolei (Cassandre Aug 29), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Didon Aug 28 / 30), Anna Markarova (Didon Aug 29), Alexei Markov (Chorebe Aug 28 / 30), Vladislav Sulimsky (Aug 29), Mikhail Petrenko (Narbal Aug 28 / 30), Yuri Vorobiev (Narbal Aug 29)

Creatives/Company

Music: Hector Berlioz
Lyrics: Hector Berlioz (after Virgil)
Company: Mariinsky Opera
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Director: Yannis Kokkos