Les Brigands

Les brigands - Barrie KOSKY

• Conductor

  Stefano Montanari; Michele Spotti; Ching-Lien Wu

• Music

  Jacques Offenbach

• Libretto

  Henri Meilhac

• Libretto

  Ludovic Halévy

• Director

  Barrie Kosky

• Set design

  Rufus Didwiszus

• Costume design

  Victoria Behr

• Lighting design

  Ulrich Eh

• Choreography

  Otto Pichler

• Dramaturgy

  Antonio Cuenca Ruiz

Brigands in search of a new exploit, a Spanish delegation, a massive heist, a not-so-honest cashier, carabinieri who always arrive too late: the ingredients, disguises, twists and turns in Offenbach’s opéra‑bouffe, first performed in 1869 at the Théâtre des Variétés, are so abundant that they make the story utterly extravagant. But little matter! Set to Meilhac and Halévy’s vivacious libretto, the composer of La Belle Hélène serves up a hilarious little gem, all the while mocking the financial circles of the Second Empire.

Absent from the Paris Opera for over thirty years, Les Brigands takes the Palais Garnier for the first time by storm in a new production directed by Barrie Kosky. This aficionado of Offenbach’s music, who sees in this zany comedy a kinship with Dadaism, recreates the rhythm and folly of a joyously amoral society.

The Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Les Brigands

Les brigands - Barrie KOSKY

• Falsacappa

  Marcel Beekmann

• Fiorella

  Marie Perbost

• Fragoletto

  Antoinette Dennefeld

• Le Baron de Campo-Tasso

  Yann Beuron

• Le Chef des carabiniers

  Laurent Naouri

• Le Duc de Mantoue

  Mathias Vidal

• Le Comte de Gloria-Cassis

  Philippe Talbot

• La Princesse de Grenade

  Adriana Bignagni Lesca

• Carmagnola

  Leonardo Cortellazzi

• Domino

  Éric Huchet

• Barbavano

  Franck Leguérinel

• Pietro

  Rodolphe Briand

• Zerlina

  Ilanah Lobel-Torres

• Fiametta

  Clara Guillon

• Bianca

  Maria Warenberg

• La Marquise

  Doris Lamprecht

• La Duchesse

  Hélène Schneiderman

• Le Précepteur

  Luis Felipe Sousa

• Cincinella

  Marine Chagnon