A Quiet Place, Palais Garnier, Paris: 7-30 March 2022

The score, infused with the spirit of American folklore, alternates between expressive opulence and intimate moments of infinite tenderness and poetry. This new production, by Krzysztof Warlikowski, brings together conductor Kent Nagano and baritone Gordon Bintner, specialists of the Sunderland version.

• A quiet place

  Opera in a prologue and three acts

  • Music:

    Leonard Bernstein - (1918-1990)

  • Libretto:

    Stephen Wadsworth

  • Libretto, orchestration adapted:

    Garth Edwin Sunderland

  • Conductor:

    Kent Nagano

  • Director:

    Krzysztof Warlikowski

  • Set design, Costume design:

    Małgorzata Szczęśniak

  • Lighting design:

    Felice Ross

  • Video:

    Kamil Polak

  • Artistic collaboration:

    Claude Bardouil

  • Dramaturgy:

    Miron Hakenbeck

  • Chorus master:

    Alessandro Di Stefano

  Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

• Cast

  
  

  • Dede:

    • Patricia Petibon

  • François:

    • Frédéric Antoun

  • Junior:

    • Gordon Bintner

  • Sam:

    • Russell Braun

  • Funeral director:

    • Colin Judson

  • Bill:

    • Régis Mengus

  • Susie:

    • Hélène Schneiderman

  • Analyst:

    • Loïc Félix

  • Doc:

    • Jean-Luc Ballestra

  • Mrs Doc:

    • Rachael Wilson

  • Mourners Soprano:

    • Marianne Croux

  • Mourners Alto:

    • Ramya Roy

  • Mourners Tenor:

    • Kiup Lee

  • Mourners Bass:

    • Niall Anderson

  • Dinah:

    • Johanna Wokalek