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Samson @ FESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE

4 July - 18 July

CONDUCTOR AND MUSICAL CONCEPT
Raphaël Pichon
STAGE DIRECTION, CONCEPT AND SCENARIO
Claus Guth
SET DESIGN
Étienne Pluss
COSTUME DESIGN
Ursula Kudrna
LIGHTING DESIGN
Bertrand Couderc
CHOREOGRAPHY
Sommer Ulrickson
SOUND DESIGN
Mathis Nitschke
VIDEO
rocafilm
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATE
Eddy Garaudel
DRAMATURGY
Yvonne Gebauer
SAMSON
Jarrett Ott
DALILA
Jacquelyn Stucker
TIMNA
Lea Desandre
ACHISCH
Nahuel di Pierro
ELON
Laurence Kilsby
L’ANGE
Julie Roset
UN CONVIVE
Antonin Rondepierre
LA MÈRE DE SAMSON
Andréa Ferréol
CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
Pygmalion

ABOUT

When, in 1733, Voltaire, the most brilliant mind of his day, collaborates with Rameau, its greatest composer, in undertaking an ambitious reform of operatic practice, the result is the biblical opera Samson. But the libretto is condemned and the score lost – possibly reworked here and there in later compositions. Claus Guth and Raphaël Pichon, haunted by this interesting project that had turned into one of the most intriguing failures in operatic history, have tried, not to recreate the letter, but to revive the spirit: to marry a strong, noble libretto with the most eloquent music. Samson is the chosen of God, but his extraordinary strength isolates him as much as it marks him out: a succession of failed love affairs turns him into a destructive force, making this biblical Hercules the first suicidal to be a mass murderer. Supporting Jarrett Ott, Jacquelyn Stucker and Lea Desandre in the principal roles, the Pygmalion chorus and orchestra become important actors in a fresco that is both sublime and astonishingly modern.

Details

Start:
4 July
End:
18 July
Event Category:
Website:
https://festival-aix.com/en/programmation/opera/samson

Organizer

FESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
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Venue

THÉÂTRE DE L’ARCHEVÊCHÉ
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, Frankreich + Google Map