Don Giovanni’s Inferno
Simon Steen-Andersen
World premiere.
For the Opéra national du Rhin and the Musica international music festival in Strasbourg.
Coproduced with the Copenhagen Opera House, the Musica festival and La Muse en Circuit, national music creation center.
Don Giovanni goes to opera hell and back in one act.
Part of Musica Festival.
Infos
Strasbourg
Opéra
No interval.
With the support of Fidelio.
Prologue : One hour before each performance, you are welcome to attend a brief introduction of 30 minutes to learn more about the show and its production.
Cast
Direction musicale Bassem Akiki Conception, mise en scène, décors, vidéo, lumières Simon Steen-Andersen Costumes Thibaut Welchlin Chef de Chœur de l’Opéra national du Rhin Hendrik Haas Assistante à la mise en scène Johanne Holten Assistante aux décors Hannah Deutschle Assistant aux lumières Franck Brigel Ingénieur du son Romain Muller Assistant vidéo Peter Tinning Assistant conduite son et vidéo Kim Ranfelt
Artists
Don Giovanni, le Hollandais, Orphée Christophe Gay La Statue du Commandeur, Polystophélès, Un médecin Damien Pass Une ombre, Alecto, Marguerite, Francesca, Olympia, Senta Sandrine Buendia Tisiphone, Turandot, Sycorax, Eurydice, Une ombre, Une parque Julia Deit-Ferrand Faust, Don José, Dante, Paolo, Une parque, Paolo, Un démon, Un paysan François Rougier Leporello, Charon, Macbeth, l’Ombre de Virgile, Barnaba, Iago, Une parque, Un démon, Un esprit, Un secouriste Geoffroy Buffière Ictus, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Chœur de l’Opéra national du Rhin Flûte à bec, instruments divers, voix Michael Schmid Trompette, cornet à bouquin, instruments divers, voix Susana Santos Silva Viole de gambe, flûte, voix Eva Reiter Guitares Tom Pauwels Percussions Gerrit Nulens
Presentation
“Repent, this is your last chance!” Don Giovanni tries to break free from the icy clutches of the Commendatore’s statue. “No, proud old man!” “Then your time is up!” Flames erupt from all sides and the earth begins to tremble beneath his feet. A chorus of demons shriek: “This horror is nothing compared to your sins! There is worse to come!” Screaming in terror, Don Giovanni is hurled into the underworld to wander among tormented souls and their eternal torturers. His earthly days as a libertine over, he embarks on a comic odyssey into the operatic abyss, following in the footsteps of Dante and Orpheus and meeting along the way cursed and diabolical characters drawn from 400 years of repertoire.
Danish artist, composer, director and videographer Simon Steen-Andersen tackles a major theme that has permeated opera throughout its history: the descent into hell. Cleverly combining collage, deconstruction and transposition, he takes characters, situations and music from a wide range of operatic works spanning Rameau to Berlioz to Boito and twists and turns them into a spectacular new piece that opens with the closing scene of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Weaving together different aesthetics, time periods and languages, this production plunges the audience into the bowels of the most infernal of machines: theatre.
Several spoken languages
Subtitles in French and German
