759705
759705

Les Troyens

"Monumental operas deserve epochal stagings"

2009-10-31 fr 254m
Music
This grand opera, complete with ensembles and ballets, large choruses and orchestral set pieces, is given an appropriately grand treatment in this production by the renowned Catalan theater group "La Fura dels Baus" recorded at Valencia's Palau de les Arts. In the first part of the work, Padrissa plays with the present-day meaning of "Trojans" as computer viruses: his Trojan horse carries within it the infection that will cause system failures and, ultimately, destruction. In the second part, Carthage is presented as the mysterious seat of a future civilization, where human life is heading towards self-destruction through environmental disasters.

Costume Designer

Chu Uroz

Music

Hector Berlioz

Conductor

Valeri Gergijev

Set Decoration

Ronald Olbeter

Adaptation

Hector Berlioz

Lighting Artist

Peter van Praet

Status

Released

Countries

  • Spain

Companies

  • Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia
  • Unitel Classica