This new production of this lyrical tragedy in four acts and six tableaux will be directed by Ingo Metzmacher with Christopher Maltman in the title role and alongside him Anne Sofie von Otter, Sir John Tomlinson, Brian Mulligan, Laurent Naouri, Ekaterina Gubanova, Vincent Ordonneau, Clémentine Margaine, Nicolas Cavallier, Adrian Timpau, Anna-Sophie Neher and Graham Clark. Lyric art calls for dramatic purpose, and Wajdi Mouawad is placing his talent at the service of opera on the stage of the Paris Opera for the first time. The work has not been revived since and remains largely unknown in France. Sophocles’ play Oedipus had the effect of an electric shock on the Romanian composer George Enescu who, even before he had a libretto, worked for more than twenty years on what was to be his only opera, premiered in 1936 at the Paris Opera.

OPERA Faust – photo by Monika Rittershaus, OnP To reaffirm its commitment to Create, Reach Out, Preserve and Transmit For us, it is a question of drawing up a project for our institution and defining major orientations to guide our action. In the unprecedented period we are living through, we wished to question the role of an institution like the Paris Opera. The programme includes major repertoire titles, some created for the Paris Opera, others closely linked to the House, from Baroque to Romantic, from Bel Canto to 20th century masterpieces and contemporary music. This adds up to 385 curtain-ups during the season. The Paris Opéra has announced its 2021-2022 season with 23 operas, 12 ballets of which 14 are new productions: 9 operas and 5 ballets.

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