Organization

Lighting designer

Yashi

Conductor

Motonori Kobayashi

Stage director

Marie-Eve Signeyrole

Set designer

Fabien Teigné

Costume designer

Choreographer

Martin Grandperret

Chorus master

Fabio Mancini

Dramaturge

Merle Fahrholz

Singer

Soprano

Anna Sohn

Brunhilda

Mezzo-soprano

Hyona Kim

Frédégonde

Tenor

Sergey Romanovsky

Mérowig

Baritone

Mandla Mndebele

Hilpérick

Sungho Kim

Fortunatus

Bass

Demian Matushevskyi

Landéric

Ian Sidden

Un Serviteur

Denis Velev

L'Evêque Prétextat

Film Director

Laurent La Rosa

Production Manager

Fabian Schäfer

Language coaching

Aymeric Catalano

Assistant film director

David Bolik

Studienleitung

Thomas Hannig

Cameraman

Jonas Schmieta

Manager

Alexander Becker

Ulas Nagler

Soufflage & Choreographic Assistance

Adriana Naldoni

Bühnenbildassistenz

Emine Güner

Costume Assistant

René Neumann

Theater Dortmund

Orchestra

Dortmunder Philharmoniker

Others

Opernchor Theater Dortmund

French

Dortmund

Germany

Opernhaus Dortmund

Opernhaus

Rebirth of an almost forgotten treasure: After only nine performances in 1895 and 1896, Frédégonde was forgotten for over a century. Even the creation was complicated. When Ernest Guiraud died in 1892, only the first three acts of  Frédégonde  were available, the rest composed by Guiraud's companion and friend Camille Saint-Saëns. His personal style, based on romantic harmonies and classical forms, makes  this opera a unique testimony to the musical diversity of the late 19th century, in the long shadow of Richard Wagner. – Theater Dortmund stages the Merovingian historical drama about love, power and revenge in an exciting combination of stage performance and silent film. The German premiere live and exclusively at takt1.

Frédégonde Guiraud

Public

German

Approved

FrédégondeDrame lyrique in fünf Akten von Ernest Guiraud und Camille Saint-Saëns in Zusammenarbeit mit Paul Dukas • Libretto von Louis Gallet • In französisc...

Frédégonde (Teaser #3) – Dortmund Opera

Frédégonde (Teaser #1) – Dortmund Opera

It's a family feud - escalating into a civil war. Brunhilda competes against Hilpéric, her brother-in-law. The target of their attack, however, is the woman at his side, Frédégonde. After Hilpéric overwhelms his sister-in-law with a surprise attack, his son Mérowig is supposed to banish her to a shielded monastery. But Mérowig is so enchanted by her that he disobeys his father's orders...

When Ernest Guiraud died in 1892, only the first three acts of Frédégonde were available, the rest was composed by Guiraud's companion and friend Camille Saint-Saëns. His personal style, based on romantic harmonies and classical forms, makes Frédégonde a unique testament to the musical diversity of the late 19th century.
In the implementation for the Dortmund Opera, the audience follows the two queens as they look back on their eventful lives. A fascinating mix of live experience on stage and silent film brings the Merovingian era back to life.

English

Frédégonde by Guiraud, E., From (2021/2022), Directed by Marie-Eve Signeyrole,, Conductor Motonori Kobayashi, Opernhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

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