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Berlioz: Les Troyens

This epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten years of the Trojan War. Cassandra tries to warn of the terrible fate to come, but fate is set and Troy falls. The first two acts cover this tragic end, then the flight of survivors to Carthage and events at Carthage continue in acts 3 - 5, culminating in the further voyage for Italy and Rome. This is Virgil's classic epic, in operatic form, in about a three and a half hour performance from French Opera.

Top Cast

  • Anna Caterina Antonacci

    Anna Caterina Antonacci

    Cassandra

  • Gregory Kunde

    Gregory Kunde

    Aeneas

  • Ludovic Tézier

    Ludovic Tézier

    Chorèbe

  • Laurent Naouri

    Laurent Naouri

    Narbal

  • Renata Pokupić

    Renata Pokupić

    Anna

  • Susan Graham

    Susan Graham

    Dido

  • Nicolas Testé

    Nicolas Testé

    Panthée

  • Mark Padmore

    Mark Padmore

    Iopas

  • Stéphanie d'Oustrac

    Stéphanie d'Oustrac

    Ascagne

Overview

This epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten years of the Trojan War. Cassandra tries to warn of the terrible fate to come, but fate is set and Troy falls. The first two acts cover this tragic end, then the flight of survivors to Carthage and events at Carthage continue in acts 3 - 5, culminating in the further voyage for Italy and Rome. This is Virgil's classic epic, in operatic form, in about a three and a half hour performance from French Opera.

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