Berlioz: Les Troyens / Pappano, Antonacci, Hymel, Westbroek, Capitanucci

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Label
Opus Arte
Release Date
November 19, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HECTOR BERLIOZ
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Opera Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Anna Caterina Antonacci, Bryan Hymel, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Fabio Capitanucci, Or
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Les troyens

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Caterina Antonacci (Soprano), Fabio Maria Capitanucci (Baritone), Bryan Hymel (Tenor), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano)

      Conductor: Antonio Pappano


Les Troyens is a tour de force that ranges from fiery military marches to intense choruses, passionate soliloquies and the lyrical love duets of Dido and Aeneas. For Hector Berlioz, librettist and composer, the opera became the work of decades and the passion of a lifetime, the culmination of his literary love affair with Virgil's Aeneid and with two tragic heroines, Cassandra and Dido. David McVicar's staging is on an enormous scale, assembling one of the largest casts ever seen at Covent Garden. The sweeping theme of the rise and fall of empires runs throughout Les Troyens, along with moving meditations on love and honor. “David McVicar's stupendous production would be worth seeing for Es Devlin's mighty sets and Constructivist Trojan horse alone.” – The Wall Street Journal “Musically the show is top-notch … A fabulous evening.” –The Independent

Cassandre – Anna Caterina Antonacci
Enée – Bryan Hymel
Didon – Eva-Maria Westbroek
Chorèbe – Fabio Maria Capitanucci

Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
Antonio Pappano, conductor