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Opera in three acts (2016) , based on the eponymous film by Luis Bunuel , libretto by Tom Cairn and Thomas Adès
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
Jacquelyn Stucker, Gloria Tronel, Hilary Summers, Claudia Boyle Christine Rice, Amina Edris, Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Nicky Spence
Conductor: Thomas Adès; Director: Calixto Bieito; Set design: Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Costume design: Ingo Krügler; Lighting design: Reinhard Traub; Dramaturgy: Bettina Auer; Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra national de Paris
French
Production compagny : Opéra de Paris Production
Running Time : 120'
Production Year : 2024
Distribution compagny : Telmondis Distribution