Name: The Exterminating Angel
Start: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra Bastille

Organization

Chorus master

Chin-Lien Wu

Stage director

Calixto Bieito

Set designer

Anna-Sofia Kirsch

Costume designer

Ingo Krügler

Lighting designer

Reinhard Traub

Dramaturge

Bettina Auer

Singer

Soprano

Jacquelyn Stucker

Lucia

Mezzo-soprano

Hilary Summers

Leonora Palma

Claudia Boyle

Silvia de Ávila

Christine Rice

Blanca Delgado

Amina Edris

Beatriz

Tenor

Nicky Spence

Edmundo de Nobile

Frédéric Antoun

Raúl Yebenes

Baritone

Jarrett Ott

Col. Álvaro Gómez

Countertenor

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Francisco de Ávila

Filipe Manu

Eduardo

Philippe Sly

Señor Russell

Paul Gay

Alberto Roc

Conductor

Thomas Adès

Clive Bayley

Dr Carlos Conde

Bass-baritone

Thomas Faulkner

Julio

Ilanah Lobel-Torres

Meni

Opéra National de Paris

Others

Chœur de l’Opéra national de Paris

Orchestra

Orchestre l’Opéra national de Paris

Gina Gloria Tronel

Leticia Maynar

Robert Houssart

Julien Henric

Lucas

Régis Mengus

Padre Sanson

Nicholas Jones

Enrique

Andres Cascante

Pablo

Bethany Horak-Hallett

Camila

English

The Exterminating Angel

Paris

France

Opéra Bastille

The Exterminating Angel Adès

Public

French

Approved

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Bassoonist

Cellist

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Cornettist

Flutist

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Harper

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Hornist

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Musette de cour Player

Oboist

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Tenor Violinist

Timpani

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Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

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Violist

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Contralto

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

After last season’s The Dante Project, the Paris Opera continues to explore the music of contemporary composer Thomas Adès with the French premiere of The Exterminating Angel.

Inspired by Luis Buñuel’s 1962 surrealist film, which offered a scathing critique of the bourgeoisie, the work begins with a dinner among upper-class friends in a plush mansion after an opera performance. But, gradually, a mysterious force prevents the fifteen guests from leaving the reception. In this confinement for no apparent reason, drawn out over several days, the veneer of propriety cracks, revealing the worst of human nature.

Thomas Adès has written a rich and tense score, amplifying the libretto’s strange atmosphere with unusual instruments such as the ondes Martenot. The Paris Opera has entrusted the staging of this huis-clos to Calixto Bieito. The director has long been fascinated by Buñuel’s universe.

Après The Dante Project la saison dernière, l’Opéra national de Paris continue d’explorer la musique du compositeur contemporain Thomas Adès avec la création française de The Exterminating Angel.

Inspiré du film surréaliste de Luis Buñuel, qui livrait en 1962 une critique acerbe de la bourgeoisie, l’œuvre débute par un dîner entre amis de la haute société dans une demeure cossue après une représentation lyrique. Mais peu à peu, une force mystérieuse empêche les quinze convives de quitter la réception. Dans ce confinement sans raison apparente qui s’étire sur plusieurs jours, le vernis des convenances se craquèle, révélant le pire de la nature humaine.

Thomas Adès signe une partition riche et tendue, amplifiant l’atmosphère étrange du livret par des instruments singuliers comme les ondes Martenot. La mise en scène de ce huis-clos est confiée à Calixto Bieito, fasciné depuis longtemps par l’univers de Buñuel.

français

The Exterminating Angel by Adès, Wed 13 Mar 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Calixto Bieito,, Conductor Thomas Adès, Robert Houssart, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France

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