Opéra National de Paris: Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots (2018)

8.0/10 240 min Music Drama History

Overview

Les Huguenots is a monumental fresco featuring various impossible loves in the context of the Saint Bartholomew Massacre. Andreas Kriegenburg places these timeless conflicts of love and religion in an immaculate setting in which the costumes appear yet more flamboyant and the victims’ blood more violently red.

Cast

Lisette Oropesa

Marguerite de Valois

Ermonela Jaho

Valentine

Karine Deshayes

Urbain

Nicolas Testé

Marcel

Florian Sempey

Le Comte de Nevers

Paul Gay

Le Comte de Saint-Bris

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