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LES VÊPRES SICILIENNES

Giuseppe Verdi

Opera

Opera

LES VÊPRES SICILIENNES

Composer Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier.


recommended for 16 years and older

Opera in five acts - 1855

In French with English and German surtitles.

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What happens to love when it is besieged on both sides – by politics on the one side and family loyalties on the other? And what if both these forces are fatefully and inextricably linked? In his grand opéra Les Vêpres siciliennes Giuseppe Verdi takes a no-holds-barred look at these questions, presenting the two lovers Hélène and Henri. Even as their wedding bells are still pealing, they fall victim to a massacre resulting from the irreconcilable enmity between Sicilians and their French occupiers. Love demonstrates no utopian powers.

And yet, Verdi’s enthralling composition draws its listeners in and keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.

Cast

  • Bayerisches Staatsorchester
  • Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper