Les Troyens (2009)
This grand opera, complete with ensembles and ballets, large choruses and orchestral set pieces, is given an appropriately grand treatment in this production by the renowned Catalan theater group "La Fura dels Baus" recorded at Valencia's Palau de les Arts. In the first part of the work, Padrissa plays with the present-day meaning of "Trojans" as computer viruses: his Trojan horse carries within it the infection that will cause system failures and, ultimately, destruction. In the second part, Carthage is presented as the mysterious seat of a future civilization, where human life is heading towards self-destruction through environmental disasters.
Director: Carlus Padrissa
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Lance Ryan as Énée |
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Gabriele Viviani as Chorèbe |
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Giorgio Giuseppini as Panthée |
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Eric Cutler as Iopas |
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Oksana Shilova as Ascagne |
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Elisabete Matos as Cassandre |
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Daniele Barcellona as Didon |
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Zlata Bulycheva as Anna |
| Directing | Carlus Padrissa | Director |
| Sound | Valeri Gergijev | Conductor |
| Art | Ronald Olbeter | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chu Uroz | Costume Designer |
| Writing | Hector Berlioz | Adaptation |
| Lighting | Peter van Praet | Lighting Artist |
| Sound | Hector Berlioz | Music |
| Writing | Publius Vergilius Maro | Story |
