IL TROVATORE
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Opera in 4 parts
Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano based on the spanish drama El trovator by Antonio Garcia Gutíérrez
First performed at Teatro Apollo in Rom, January 19th 1853
Luna Vladimir Stoyanov
Leonora Serena Farnocchia
Azucena Mzia Nioradze
Manrico Giuseppe Gipali
Ferrando Riccardo Zanellato
Inez Eve-Maud Hubeaux
Ruiz Benjamin Bernheim
An old gipsy Jérémie Brocard
A messenger Sébastien Eyssette
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne choir
Conductor Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
Director Charles Roubaud
Set designer Jean-Noël Lavesvre
Costume designer Katia Duflot
Lighting designer Marc Delamézière
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
Production Opéra de Marseille
4, 7, 9 & 11 October 2009
Salle Métropole
LA PÉRICHOLE
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Opera bouffa in 3 acts
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy based on Le carosse du Saint Sacrement by Mérimée
First performed at Théâtre des Variétés in Paris, Ocboer 6th 1868
La Périchole Brigitte Hool
Piquillo Emiliano Gonzalez Toro
Don Andrès de Ribeira Patrick Rocca
Don Pedro de Hinoyosa Michel Vaissière
Count Miguel de Panatellas Humberto Ayerbe-Pino
Guadalena/Manuelita Elizabeth Bailey
Berginella/Brambilla Antoinette Dennefeld
Mastrilla/Frasquinella Majdouline Zérari
Marquis de Tarapote Jean-Pierre Gos
Old prisoner Daniel Capelle
First notary Christian Baur
Second notary Jérémie Brocard
Sinfonietta de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne choir
Ballet company Omar Porras
Conductor Emmanuel Joel-Hornak
Director and choreographer Omar Porras
Set designer Fredy Porras
Masks Cécile Kretschmar
Costumes Coralie Sanvoisin
Lighting designer Mathias Roche
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
Production Opéra de Lausanne, coproduction with Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse and Opéra National de Bordeaux
26, 27, 29, 31 December 2009 & 3 January 2010
Salle Métropole
OTELLO
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Lyric tragedy in 3 acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Berio
First performed at Teatro del Fondo in Naples, December 4th 1816
Otello John Osborn
Desdemona Olga Peretyatko
Rodrigo Maxim Mironov
Elmiro Riccardo Zanellato
Iago / Gondoliere Shi Yijie
Emilia Isabelle Henriquez
Doge Rémy Corazza
Lucio Sébastien Eyssette
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne choir
Conductor Corrado Rovaris
Director Giancarlo del Monaco
Set designer Carlo Centolavigna
Costumes designer Maria Filippi
Lighting designer Wolfgang von Zoubek
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
Production Opéra de Lausanne, Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro, Deutsche Oper Berlin
21, 24, 26 & 28 February 2010
Salle Métropole
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Opera in German in 2 acts
Libretto by Emmanuel Schikaneder
First performed at Theater an der Wien in Vienne, September 30th 1791
Pamina Lenneke Ruiten
Tamino Donát Havár
Königin der Nacht Ana Durlovski
Papageno Benoît Capt
Sarastro / Sprecher Rúni Brattaberg
Papagena Julie Martin de Theil
Erste Dame Yu Ree Jang
Zweite Dame Antoinette Dennefeld
Dritte Dame Cécile van de Sant
Drei Knaben Maël Graa, Jonas Morin, Martin Egidi (Master of the Conservatoire de Lausanne)
Monostatos Stuart Patterson
Erster geharnischter Mann / Zweiter Priester Hendrik Vonk
Zweiter geharnischter Mann / Erster Priester Kai Florian Bischoff
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne choir
Conductor Theodor Guschlbauer
Director, set, costume and original light designer Pet Halmen
Lighting designer Eduard Stipsits
Responsibles for the Master of the Conservatoire de Lausanne Stéphanie Burkhard et Henri Farge
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
Production Oper Halle, Salzburger Landestheater
21, 24, 26, 28 & 31 March 2010
Salle Métropole
L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Young public
Lyric fantasy in 2 parts
Libretto by Colette
First performed at Opéra de Monte-Carlo, March 21th 1925
Child Solenn’ Lavanant-Linke
Mother / China cup / Dragonfly Sibyl Zanganelli
Chair / Tree Benoît Capt
Shepherdess / Shepherd / Cat / Squirrel Prune Guillaumon
Fire / Nightingale / Owl Liliana Faraon
Clock / Cat Alexandre Diakoff
Teapot / Old man / Frog Stuart Patterson
Princess / Bat Julie Martin du Theil
Opéra de Lausanne Instrumental Ensemble
Conductor Didier Puntos
Director Benjamin Knobil
Set designer Jean-Marie Abplanalp
Costumes designer Sébastien Guénot
Lighting designer Henri Merzeau
Masks Olivier Falconnier
Costumes maker Amélie Reymond
New production Opéra de Lausanne
16, 17, 18 & 21 April 2010
Salle Métropole
DIDO AND ÆNEAS
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Opera in 3 acts
Libretto by Nahum Tate
First performed in Chelsea, London, at the Josias Priest Boarding School for Girls, 1689
Roles of the Prologue
Professor, Shepherdess Cécile van de Sant
Venus, She Sarah Castle
Phœbus, He Jean-François Lapointe
Phœbus (1st entrance) Delphine Gillot
Nereids, Spring, Chorus María Hinojosa Montenegro, Antoinette Dennefeld
Chorus solo Yannis François
Chorus Elizabeth Bailey, Vasily Khoroshev, David Hernández Anfruns
Roles of the Opera
Dido Sarah Castle
Aeneas Jean-François Lapointe
Belinda Delphine Gillot
Second woman Elizabeth Bailey
Sorceress Cécile van de Sant
First witch María Hinojosa Montenegro
Second witch Antoinette Dennefeld
Spirit Vasily Khoroshev
Sailor David Hernández Anfruns
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne choir
Cisco Aznar Dance Company
Conductor Gabriel Garrido
Director Cisco Aznar
Set and costumes designer Luis Lara
Lighting designer Samuel Marchina
Video Andreas Pfiffner, Cisco Aznar
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
New production Opéra de Lausanne
28, 30 mai & 2, 4 June 2010
Salle Métropole