Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne, Palais Garnier, Paris: 26 February-8 March 2020

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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. 

  • Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne

    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

  • Cast

    • 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

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