L'ORFEO
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Favola in musica in one prologue and five acts
Libretto by Alessandro Striggio
First performed in Palazzo Ducale,
Accademia degli Invaghiti, Mantoue, 24 February 1607
Editions Bernardo Ticci, new edition
Orfeo Fernando Guimarães
Primo pastore / Un spirito / Apollo Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani
La Musica / Messaggiera Josè Maria Lo Monaco
Speranza / Proserpina Delphine Galou
Caronte / Plutone / Un pastore Nicolas Courjal
Pastore secondo / Un pastore / Un spirito Alessandro Giangrande
Euridice Federica Di Trapani
Ninfa Mathilde Opinel
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne Choir prepared by Antonio Greco
Conductor Ottavio Dantone
Director and lighting designer Robert Carsen
Set designer Radu Boruzescu
Costume designer Petra Reinhardt
Choreographer and assistant staging Marco Berriel
Assistant Conductor / Continuo Giorgio Paronuzzi
Assistant lighting Henri Merzeau
New production Opéra de Lausanne
2, 5, 7, 9 & 12 October 2016
SIROE
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
First time in Switzerland
Opera seria in three acts
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
Second version : first performed in Grand Opéra of Dresde, 3 August 1763
Semi staged opera by Max Emanuel Cencic, with costumes, lighting and video
Siroe Max Emanuel Cencic
Laodice Julia Lezhneva
Emira Roxana Constantinescu
Medarse Mary-Ellen Nesi
Cosroe Juan Sancho
Arasse Dilyara Idrisova
Armonia Atenea
Conductor and harpsichord George Petrou
Director Max Emanuel Cencic
Costume designer Bruno de Lavenère
Lightind designer David Debrinay
Video Étienne Guiol
Production Parnassus Arts Productions
Coproduction Opéra Royal / Château de Versailles Spectacles, and Athens Festival
9 & 11 November 2016
LA VIE PARISIENNE
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Opéra-bouffe in four acts (1873)
Libretto by Henry Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
First performed in Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris, 31 October 1866
Editions Boosey & Hawkes, Edition critique by Jean-Christophe Keck
Bobinet Christophe Gay
Raoul de Gardefeu Philippe Talbot
Le baron de Gondremarck Patrick Rocca
Gabrielle Melody Louledjian
Métella Marie Kalinine
La baronne de Gondremarck Brigitte Hool
Le Brésilien Louis Zaitoun
Frick / Prosper Stuart Patterson
Gontran/Urbain/Alfred Joël Terrin
Pauline Léonie Renaud
Alphonse Richard Lahady
Clara Elodie Tuca
Léonie Carole Meyer
Louise Béatrice Nani
Sinfonietta de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne Choir prepared by Jacques Blanc
Conductor David Reiland
Director Waut Koeken assisted by Friederike Schulz
Set designer Bruno de Lavenère
Costume designer Carmen Van Nyvelseel assisted by Anne-Charlotte Leduc
Lighting designer Nathalie Perrier
Choreographer Philippe Giraudeau assisted by Jean-Philippe Guilois
Video Étienne Guiol
Production Opéra national du Rhin
23, 27, 29, 30 & 31 December 2016
HAMLET
Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
Opera in five acts
Libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier, based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare
First performed at Opéra de Paris, Salle le Peletier, 9 March 1868
Editions Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel
Hamlet Régis Mengus
Ophélie Lisette Oropesa
Gertrude Stella Grigorian
Claudius Philippe Rouillon
Laërte Benjamin Bernheim
Horatio/1er fossoyeur Alexandre Diakoff
Marcellus/2e fossoyeur Nicolas Wildi
Polonius Marcin Habela
Le Spectre du roi Daniel Golossov
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne Choir prepared by Jacques Blanc
Conductor Fabien Gabel
Director Vincent Boussard
Set designer Vincent Lemaire
Costume designer Katia Duflot
Lighting designer Guido Levi
Assistant director Natascha Ursuliak
Coproduction Opéra national du Rhin and Opéra de Marseille
5, 8, 10 & 12 February 2017
ORLANDO PALADINO
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Dramma eroicomico in three acts
Libretto by Nunziato Porta, based on the poem Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto
First performed in Eszterháza, 6 December 1782
Orlando Carlos Natale
Angelica Rosaria Angotti
Medoro Christos Kechris
Pasquale Alberto Sousa
Alcina Héloïse Mas
Rodomonte Anas Seguin
Eurilla Marie Lys
Licone / Caronte René Perler
Orchestre de chambre fribourgeois
Opéra de Fribourg Choir
Conductor Laurent Gendre
Director Cédric Dorier
Set designer Adrien Moretti
Costume designer Agostino Cavalca
Lighting designer Christophe Forey
New production Opéra de Fribourg
17 & 19 February 2017
LA BOHÈME
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Opera houses in 4 parts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henry Murger
First performed at Teatro Regio, Turin, 1st February 1896
Editions G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH, Berlin
A cura di Mario Parenti
Mimi Emily Dorn
Rodolfo Giorgio Berrugi
Musetta Anne Sophie Petit
Marcello Vittorio Prato
Colline Luigi De Donato
Schaunard Benoît Capt
Benoît / Alcindoro Mario Marchisio
Parpignol Marin Yonchev
Un douanier Louis Morvan
Le sergent des douanes Mohammed Haidar
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne Choir prepared by Jacques Blanc
Maîtrise Opéra of Conservatoire de Lausanne prepared by Stephanie Burkhard & Pierre-Louis Nanchen
Conductor Frank Beermann
Director Claude Stratz
Set and costume designer Ezio Toffolutti
Lighting designer Henri Merzeau
Production Opéra de Lausanne
19, 22, 24, 26 & 29 March 2017
LES ZOOCRATES
Thierry Besançon
Young public
Animal and operatic silliness
Libretto by Örs Kisfaludy
Le chasseur Thierry Takahashi-Jorand
Le lion Daniel Golossov
La hyène Jérôme Vavasseur
L’homme-singe / Le marabout Alexandre Diakoff
La Gazelle Yuki Tsurusaki
Le Zèbre Fernando Cuellar Leon
Le guépard Jérémie Schütz
Le crocodile Mihai Teodoru
L’autruche Cristina Segura
Le petit rat / L’éléphanteau / Le lama / Le chimpanzé / L’œuf Juliette Michel
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Conductor Andrei Feher
Directors Pierre Lepori, François Renou
Scenography Pierre Lepori, Sylvie Kleiber, François Renou
Dramaturgy Sarah Calcine, Guillaumarc Froidevaux, Jean-Louis Johannides,
Kevin Martos
Costume designer Amélie Reymond
Audio-design conception Nicolas Descloux
Tutoring dramaturgy Robert Cantarella
Tutoring scenography Sylvie Kleiber
Tutoring technical and lighting designer Nicolas Berseth
Costumes made in the workshops of Opera of Lausanne
New production Opéra de Lausanne, world premiere
28, 29, 30 April & 3, 5 May 2017
DON GIOVANNI
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Dramma giocoso in two acts
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
First performed in Gräflich Nostitzches National-Theater, Prague, 29 October 1787
Éditions Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel
Don Giovanni Kostas Smoriginas
Leporello Riccardo Novaro
Donna Anna Anne-Catherine Gillet
Donna Elvira Lucia Cirillo
Zerlina Catherine Trottmann
Don Ottavio Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani
Commendatore Ruben Amoretti
Masetto Leon Košavić
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Opéra de Lausanne Choir prepared by Pascal Mayer
Conductor Michael Güttler
Director and costume designer Éric Vigié
Set designer Emmanuelle Favre
Lighting designer Henri Merzeau
Video Lorenzo Bruno and Igor Renzetti
Assistant director Jean-Philippe Guilois
Assistant costume designer Karolina Luisoni
Costumes made in the workshops of the Opera of Lausanne
New production Opéra de Lausanne
4, 7, 9, 11 & 14 June 2017