Philippe Boesmans’s opera, commissioned by the Paris Opera in 2008, stands alone: both sordid and droll, of unexpected cruelty but also irresistibly seductive, it reveals all the darkness of the human soul.
Opera in four acts
After la pièce homonyme de Witold Gombrowicz - 2009
Music : Philippe Boesmans
Libretto : Luc Bondy, Marie‑Louise Bischofberger
Conductor : Susanna Mälkki
Director : Luc Bondy
Set design : Richard Peduzzi
Costume design : Milena Canonero
Lighting design : Dominique Bruguière
Dramaturgy : Geoffrey Layton
Chorus master : José Luis Basso
Yvonne :
Dörte Lyssewski
Le roi Ignace :
Laurent Naouri
La reine Marguerite :
Béatrice Uria-Monzon
Le prince Philippe :
Julien Behr
Le Chambellan :
Jean Teitgen
Isabelle :
Antoinette Dennefeld
Cyrille :
Loïc Félix
Cyprien :
Christophe Gay
L'innocent :
Guilhem Worms