L'ELISIR D'AMORE
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Melodramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto by Felice Romani based on the libretto Le philtre
by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
First performed at Teatro della Canobbiana in Milan, May 12th, 1832
Adina Olga Peretyatko
Nemorino Stefan Pop
Belcore George Petean
Dulcamara Lorenzo Regazzo
Giannetta Eva Fiechter
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne choir
Conductor Jesús López Cobos
Director Adriano Sinivia
Set designer Cristian Taraborrelli
Costume designer Enzo Iorio
Lighting designer Fabrice Kebour
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
New production Opéra de Lausanne
5, 7, 10, 12 & 14 October 2012
ORPHÉE AUX ENFERS
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Opera buffa in two acts and four parts
Libretto by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy
First performed at Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens à Paris, October 21th, 1858
Orphée Bernard Richter
Eurydice Brigitte Hool
Aristée/Pluton Mathias Vidal
Jupiter François Le Roux
L’Opinion publique Marie Karall
Junon Paola Landolt
Vénus Antoinette Dennefeld
Cupidon Eva Fiechter
Diane Virginie Pochon
Minerve Céline Soudain
Mercure André Gass
John Styx Frédéric Longbois
Sinfonietta de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne Choir
Maîtrise of Conservatoire de Lausanne
Violin students of Conservatoire de Lausanne
Conductor Dominique Trottein
Director Claire Servais
Choreographer Barry Collins
Set designerDominique Pichou
Costume designer Jorge Jara
Lighting designerJacques Chatelet produced by Olivier Verrecchia
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
Choirmaster of MaîtriseStéphanie Burkhard
Violin students prepared byMarcel Sinner
Production de l’Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège
23, 26, 28, 30 & 31 December 2012
ALADIN ET LA LAMPE MERVEILLEUSE
Nino Rota (1911-1979)
Young public
Lyrical tale in three acts
Libretto by Vinci Virginelli based on Les Mille et une nuits
First performed at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, January 14th, 1968
Swiss premiere, in French
Aladin André Gass
Mage of the Maghreb Lisandro Abadie
Genius of the ring Jérémie Brocard
Mother of Aladin Isabelle Henriquez
Genius of the lamp Sacha Michon
Princess Badr’al-Budur Alexandra Hewson
Great vizier Alexandre Diakoff
Sultan Benoît Capt
Maids Anna Maske, Céline Soudain, Mashal Arman
Orchestre de la Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU)
Conductor Hervé Klopfenstein
Director Waut Koeken
Set designers Marco Dolhain and Marnik Baert
Costume designer Carmen Van Nyvelseel
Lighting designer Glen D’haenens
Libretto adapted by Benoît Deleersnyder
Production Opéra de Lausanne and Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg
25, 26, 27 & 30 January 2013
VIVA LA MAMMA
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Farce in two acts
Libretto by the composer
First performed at Teatro della Cannobiana in Milano, April 20th, 1831
Mamma Agata Frank Leguérinel
Daria Laurence Guillod
Procolo Gabriele Nani
Luigia Carole Meyer
Biscroma Strappaviscere Benjamin Mayenobe
Guglielmo Jérôme Billy
Primo musico Astrid Pfarrer
Prospero Jean-Luc Waeber
Impresario Davide Autieri
Direttore del teatro Michel Kuhn
Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois (OCF)
Opéra de Fribourg Choir
Conductor Laurent Gendre
Director Vincent Vittoz
Set designer Amélie Kiritzé-Topor
Costume designer Dominique Burt
Lighting designer François Gendre
Production Opéra de Lausanne, Opéra de Fribourg and Opéra-Théâtre Metz Métropole
8 & 10 February 2013
TOSCA
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based on the play by Victorien Sardou
First performed at Teatro Costanzi in Roma, January 14th, 1900
Floria Tosca Alexia Voulgaridou
Mario Cavaradossi Giancarlo Monsalve
Baron Scarpia Giorgio Surian
Angelotti Daniel Golossov
Il sagrestano Marcin Habela
Spoletta André Gass
Sciarrone Sacha Michon
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne Choir
Maîtrise Horizons of Conservatoire de Lausanne
Conductor Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
Director Giancarlo del Monaco
Set and lighting designer Daniel Bianco
Costume designer Jesùs Ruiz
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
Choirmaster Maîtrise Pierre-Louis Nanchen
Coproduction Opéra de Lausanne, Festival de Opera Tenerife, Teatro Calderón de Valladolid, Teatro Villamarte de Jerez and Auditorio El Baluarte de Pamplona
17, 20, 22, 24 & 27 March 2013
L'AIGLON
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) et Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Musical drama in five acts
Based on the play by Edmond Rostand adapted by Henri Caïn
First performed at Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Monaco, March 11th 1937
Duc de Reichstadt Carine Séchaye
Séraphin Flambeau Marc Barrard
Prince de Metternich Franco Pomponi
Maréchal Marmont Benoît Capt
Frédéric de Gentz André Gass
Attaché militaire Christophe Berry
Prokesch-Osten Sacha Michon
Thérèse de Lorget Carole Meyer
Duchesse de Parme Marie Karall
Comtesse Camerata Céline Soudain
Fanny Elssler Antoinette Dennefeld
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne Choir
Conductor Jean-Yves Ossonce
Director Renée Auphan
Based on the production by
Patrice Caurier et Moshe Leiser
Set designer Christian Fenouillat
Costume designer Agostino Cavalca
Lighting designer Christophe Forey
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
First performed in Switzerland, at Grand-Casino in Geneva, March 3rd, 1953.
Production Opéra de Marseille
21, 24, 26 & 28 April 2013
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Opera buffa in four acts
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on Le mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais
First performed at Burgtheater in Vienne, May 1st, 1786
Il conte Alex Esposito
La contessa Carmela Remigio
Susanna Bénédicte Tauran
Figaro Riccardo Novaro
Cherubino/2nd young girl Annalisa Stroppa
Marcellina Jeannette Fischer
Bartolo Daniel Golossov
Basilio Stuart Patterson
Barbarina / 1ère jeune fille Céline Mellon
Curzio André Gass
Antonio Sacha Michon
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne Choir
Conductor Theodor Guschlbauer
Director and set designer Marco Arturo Marelli
Costume designer Dagmar Niefind
Choirmaster Véronique Carrot
Production Opéra de Lausanne
7, 9, 12, 14 & 16 June 2013