All are dead but some are not aware of it: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banco’s ghost, the child… The dead child is the cornerstone of the guilt haunting the Macbeths as it condemns them to relive the past.
Cast
Musical direction Franck Ollu • Stage direction Thomas Jolly • With Katarina Bradić, Jarrett Ott, Maria Carla Pino Cury, Mélanie Boisvert, Melissa Zgouridi, Hiroshi Matsui, John Graham Hall, Rachel Masclet • Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Lyon • Choir accentus
See all the castEvil incarnate, the Shakespearian couple lures us into the darkest corners of the human soul. Pascal Dusapin, one of our great contemporary opera authors, composed the score on a text by Frédéric Boyer, itself based on the original theatre play.
Co-commissioned with the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Macbeth Underworld was scheduled to be performed at the Opéra‑Comique in spring 2020. The health crisis postponed this eagerly awaited première to 2023. Thomas Jolly invents an outer-world scenic space and Franck Ollu, fine connoisseur of Pascal Dusapin’s work, unfolds his acoustic universe.
Opera in eight chapters. Libretto by Frédéric Boyer, based on Macbeth by Shakespeare created at the Théâtre Royal De La Monnaie (Brussels) on 20th September 2019.
Les pléiades
Around the show
As you will discover, each lyrical production will be supported by “Pleiades” extending and enriching its content in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.
Before the show
To discover
45 minutes before the performance : The keys to the show with the dramaturge of the Opéra Comique.
Salle Bizet | Free
To relax
The intermission bar offers drinks and light refreshments as soon as the theatre doors open.
Accessibility
Relax session | Friday 10 November at 8 pm
Relax sessions offer a inclusive caring environment for people whose disability may give rise to atypical and unpredictable behaviour during the show.
Audiodescription (In French) | Sunday 12 November at 3 pm
This opera is available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand.
Distribution
Commissioned by Théâtre royal de la Monnaie and Opéra-Comique
*Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra-Comique
**Percussionists of the Lyon National Opera Orchestra