UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Opera in 3 acts
Libretto by Antonio Somma based on the libretto by Eugène Scribe for the opera Gustave III ou le bal masqué by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
First performed at Teatro Apollo in Rome, February 17th 1859
Amelia Adriana Damato
Riccardo Roberto Aronica
Renato George Petean
Ulrica Mariana Pentcheva
Oscar Elizabeth Bailey
Samuel Francesco Palmieri
Tom Manrico Signorini
Silvano Sacha Michon
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU) orchestra
Opéra de Lausanne choir
Conductor Stefano Ranzani
Director, lighting designer Philippe Sireuil
Set designer Didier Payen
Costume designer Jorge Jara
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
Production Opéra de Lausanne, coproduction with Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège
29, 31 October & 3 November 2010
Théâtre de Beaulieu
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Dramma giocoso in 2 acts
Libretto by Angello Anelli
First performed at Teatro San Benedetto in Venise, May 22nd 1813
Isabella Anna Bonitatibus
Lindoro Lawrence Brownlee
Mustafà Luciano Di Pasquale
Taddeo Riccardo Novaro
Haly Alexandre Diakoff
Elvira Elizabeth Bailey
Zulma Antoinette Dennefeld
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne choir
Conductor Ottavio Dantone
Director Emilio Sagi
Set designer Enrique Bordolini
Costume designer Renata Schussheim
Lighting designer Eduardo Bravo
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
Production Opéra de Lausanne, coproduction with Teatro Municipal de Santiago-Chile, Opera de Oviedo and Asociacion Bilbaiana de Amigos de la Opera
26, 28 November & 1st, 3 December 2010
Salle Métropole
LA FILLE DE MME ANGOT
Charles Lecocq (1832-1918)
Comic opera in 3 acts
Libretto by Clairville, Paul Siraudin et Victor Koning
First performed at Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes in Brussels, December 4th 1872
Clairette Angot Bénédicte Tauran
Pomponnet Emiliano Gonzalez Toro
Ange Pitou Jean-Sébastien Bou
Mlle Lange Maryline Fallot
Larivaudière Alain Vernhes
Amaranthe Michèle Lagrange
Trénitz Frédéric Longbois
Louchard Philippe Cantor
Dancers Justine Arm, Giuliano Cardone
Sinfonietta de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne choir
Conductor Nicolas Chalvin
Director Anémone
Choreograph and assistant to director Gianni Santucci
Set designer Jean Haas
Costume designer Dominique Borg
Lighting designer Patrick Méeüs
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
New production Opéra de Lausanne, coproduction with Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège
26, 29, 30, 31 December 2010 & 2 January 2011
Salle Métropole
PIERRE ET LE LOUP
Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Young public
Musical tale – show for children
Text by Serge Prokofiev
First performed at Theater Central for children in Moscow, May 2nd 1936
Mime and narrator Jean-Pierre Gos
Peter Nathan Ganser
Grandfather Gilbert Divorne
The wolf Elèhn Yaël Rion
Hunters Gaston Rérat et Jan Kocher
Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne Orchestra (HEMU)
Conductor Hervé Klopfenstein
Director Gérard Demierre
Set designer Jean-Marie Abplanalp
Costume designer, mask and make-up Lotte Rosenholmer et Sébastien Guenot
Lighting designer Christian Michaud
Lighting realization Denis Foucart
Video Quentin Martinelli
Production Opéra de Lausanne and Petit Théâtre de Lausanne
4, 5, 6 & 9 February 2011
Salle Métropole
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Opera in 5 acts
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré based on the tragedy by Shakespeare
First performed at Théâtre Lyrique du Châtelet in Paris, April 27th 1867
Juliette Maria Alejandres
Roméo Teodor Ilincai
Frère Laurent Stefano Palatchi
Stéphano Antoinette Dennefeld
Capulet Marc Barrard
Mercutio Marc Mazuir
Tybalt Christophe Berry
Gertrude Isabelle Henriquez
Duke Benoît Capt
Pâris Jérémie Brocard
Grégorio Sacha Michon
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne choir
Fencers of Spectacles et Cascades
Conductor Miquel Ortega
Director Arnaud Bernard
Set and costume designer Bruno Schwengl
Lighting designer Patrick Méeüs
Fight choreographer Pavel Jancik
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
New production Opéra de Lausanne, coproduction with Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège and Opéra de Marseille
25, 27 & 30 March 2011
Théâtre de Beaulieu
RINALDO
Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Opera seria in 3 acts
Libretto by Giacomo Rossi based on Aaron Hill
First performed at Queen’s Theater in London, February 24th 1711 (Gregorian date: March 7th)
Rinaldo Max Emanuel Cencic
Arminda Bénédicte Tauran
Almirena Lenneke Ruiten
Argante Riccardo Novaro
Eustazio Yuri Minenko
Goffredo Xavier Sabata
Mago cristiano Maarten Engeltjes
Sirena Carole Meyer
Sirena/Donna Nathalie Constantin
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Conductor Diego Fasolis
Director Louise Moaty
Choreographer Françoise Denieau
Set designer Adeline Caron
Costume designer Alain Blanchot
Lighting designer Christophe Naillet
Coproduction Théâtre National de Prague, Théâtre de Caen, Opéra de Rennes and Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg
20, 22, 25 & 27 May 2011
Salle Métropole