The Trojans are back in Berlin! The Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique are presenting a semi-staged performance of Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz – the only German date in their 2023 European tour. This monumental opera, which was never performed in full during the composer’s lifetime, can now be heard in its entirety in Berlin for only the third time, after 1930 and 2010.
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Monteverdi Choir
Dinis Sousa conductor (replacing John Eliot Gardiner)
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano (Cassandre)
Michael Spyres tenor (Énée)
Paula Murrihy mezzo-soprano (Didon)
Lionel Lhote baritone (Chorèbe/Sentinelle I)
Adèle Charvet mezzo-soprano (Ascagne)
Ashley Riches bass-baritone (Panthée/Un chef grec)
Beth Taylor mezzo-soprano (Anna)
Laurence Kilsby tenor (Iopas/Hylas)
Rebecca Evans soprano (Hécube)
Alex Rosen bass (Hector/Sentinelle II/Mercure/Narbal)
Graham Neal tenor (Helenus), Soloist of the Monteverdi Choir
Sam Evans baritone (Un soldat), Soloist of the Monteverdi Choir
Tristan Hambleton bass (Priam), Soloist of the Monteverdi Choir
Tess Gibbs movement direction
Rick Fisher light design
Hector Berlioz
Les Troyens (Semi-staged Performance)
