Text Henrik Ibsen - Incidental music Edward Grieg, 1876 - Adaptation: Alain Perroux
"Who are you ?... I am myself... Can you say such a thing about yourself ?" - Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt - Act 5
ABOUT
Combining full orchestra, chorus, singers, actors and live video, this multi-disciplinary production sets Ibsen’ iconic dramatic poem in a world deliberately abstract and very real. The musicians are seated inside an elegant structure of pinewood. The atmosphere is theatrical, deliberately funny, but also profoundly poetic and meditative, presenting Peer Gynt in the most unexpected way.
CAST
Music direction : Nicolas Chalvin / Michael Schonwandt / Pavel Baleff
Staging, Set and Costume design : Jean-Philippe Clarac et Olivier Deloeuil
Lighting : Christophe Pitoiset / Video : Jean-Baptiste Beis
Artistic collaboration : Lodie Kardouss
Thomas Gornet, Philippe Estèphe (Peer Gynt), Norma Nahoun (Solveig), Marie Kalinine (Anitra), Amélie Esbelin, Marie Blondel
PRODUCTION
Objet Musical Créatif, commissioned by Opéra de Limoges, in coproduction with Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier
PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES
Opéra de Limoges, 2024, 2017 - Opéra de Compiègne, 2022 - Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier, 2018
