Notable Performances at the Opéra National de Lorraine

A look back at the recent notable performances at the Opéra National de Lorraine.

Orfeo, Luigi Rossi, Season 15-16 (2016) by Luigi Rossi, Jetske Mijnssen, and Raphaël PichonOpéra national de Lorraine

Orfeo, Luigi Rossi

Closing the 2015–16 season based around the myth of Orpheus, (Orpheus in the Underworld —Jacques Offenbach, Orfeo ed Euridice— Christoph Willibald Gluck), Rossi's Orfeo, believed to be one of the first operas performed in France in 1647, is a truly special musical experience.

Orfeo, Luigi Rossi, Season 15-16 (2016) by Luigi Rossi, Jetske Mijnssen, and Raphaël PichonOpéra national de Lorraine

In 2016, the Opéra received the Grand Prix du meilleur spectacle lyrique de l'année (Grand prize for the best opera of the year) from the Association professionnelle de la Critique Théâtre, Musique et Danse.

The Golden Cockerel, Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov, Season 16-17 (2017) by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov, Laurent Pelly, and Rani CalderonOpéra national de Lorraine

The Golden Cockerel, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Deemed "a cruel and ambiguous tale" by director Laurent Pelly, The Golden Cockerel offers a portrait of power and politics in the home country of the Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov.

The Golden Cockerel, Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov, Season 16-17 (2017) by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov, Laurent Pelly, and Rani CalderonOpéra national de Lorraine

The Golden Cockerel won the 2017 prize for Francophone Europe, awarded by the l'Association professionnelle de la Critique, which was shared with the co-producers of the show, the Théâtre de La Monnaie–De Munt in Brussels and the Teatro Real in Madrid.

Katia Kabanova, Leoš Janáček - Season 17-18 (2018) by Leoš Janáček, Philipp Himmelmann, and Mark ShanahanOpéra national de Lorraine

Katia Kabanova, Leoš Janáček

Katia Kabanova is noted for its incredible moving scenery, designed by David Hohmann for the performance directed by Philipp Himmelmann. The dollies on which the scenery is attached move continuously, as they are being pushed by a team of technicians behind the scenes.

Katia Kabanova, Leoš Janáček - Season 17-18 (2018) by Leoš Janáček, Philipp Himmelmann, and Mark ShanahanOpéra national de Lorraine

The 2019 Weltenbauer Award was awarded to Katia Kabanova for its technical direction.

Werther, Jules Massenet, Season 17-18 (2018) by Jules Massenet, Bruno Ravella, and Jean-Marie ZeitouniOpéra national de Lorraine

Werther, Jules Massenet

This new reimagining of Massenet's opera, inspired by The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe, saw the mezzo soprano Stéphanie d'Oustrac and the tenor Edgaras Montvidas together on stage.

Werther, Jules Massenet, Season 17-18 (2018) by Jules Massenet, Bruno Ravella, and Jean-Marie ZeitouniOpéra national de Lorraine

In 2017, the production won the Claude Rostand prize for the best opera in the Provence region.

Artaserse, Leonardo Vinci, Season 12-13 (2012) by Leonardo Vinci, Silviu Purcărete, and Diego FasolisOpéra national de Lorraine

Artaserse, Leonardo Vinci

A baroque masterpiece performed in Nancy for the first time in 2012 before a long European tour, bringing together the greatest countertenors of the time: Phillippe Jarrousky, Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli, Juan Sancho, and even Valer Bama Sabadus.

Artaserse, Leonardo Vinci, Season 12-13 (2012) by Leonardo Vinci, Silviu Purcărete, and Diego FasolisOpéra national de Lorraine

This production ofArtaserse was nominated for the International Opera Awards in the Rediscovered Work category in 2013, and it won the German Echo Klassik prize for best DVD.

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