Berlioz: Les Troyens
2003This epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten years of the Trojan War. Cassandra tries to warn of the terrible fate to come, but fate is set and Troy falls. The first two acts cover this tragic end, then the flight of survivors to Carthage and events at Carthage continue in acts 3 - 5, culminating in the further voyage for Italy and Rome. This is Virgil's classic epic, in operatic form, in about a three and a half hour performance from French Opera.
Acted in
Anna Caterina Antonacci
as Cassandra
Gregory Kunde
as Aeneas
Ludovic Tézier
as Chorèbe
Laurent Naouri
as Narbal
Renata Pokupić
as Anna
Susan Graham
as Dido
Nicolas Testé
as Panthée
Mark Padmore
as Iopas
Stéphanie d'Oustrac
as Ascagne
Topi Lehtipuu
as Hylas / Hélélenus
Fernand Bernadi
as La Fantôme d'Hector
René Schirrer
as Priam / Mercure
Danielle Bouthillon
as Hécube
Benjamin Davies
as Un Soldat
Robert Davies
as Un Chef Grec
John Eliot Gardiner
as Conductor