Don Quichotte

Don Quichotte - Damiano Michieletto

• Conductor

  Patrick Fournillier; Ching-Lien Wu

• Music

  Jules Massenet
  (1842 – 1912)

• Libretto

  Henri Cain

• Director

  Damiano Michieletto

• Set design

  Paolo Fantin

• Costume design

  Agostino Cavalca

• Lighting design

  Alessandro Carletti

• Video

  Roland Horvath / rocafilm

• Choreography

  Thomas Wilhelm

After Cendrillon, Jules Massenet’s music is once again in the limelight with Don Quichotte, his last opera – created in 1910 for the Russian bass Shaliapin – a work that has not been performed at the Opéra Bastille for over 20 years. The composer retained only a few of the main emblematic episodes of Cervantes’ lavish novel: Don Quixote’s love for Dulcinea, his knightly ways that lead him to pursue brigands in order to recover her necklace, his battle with the windmills and his death as he lies beside his servant Sancho Panza. Inspired by this refined and moving music, director Damiano Michieletto’s new production seeks to reveal the poetry of Don Quixote, but also his suffering. That of a deeply lonely man, haunted by his memories.

Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

With the exceptional support of Aline Foriel-Destezet

Don Quichotte

Don Quichotte - Damiano Michieletto

• La Belle Dulcinée

  Gaëlle Arquez

• Don Quichotte

  Christian Van Horn

• Sancho Pança

  Étienne Dupuis

• Pedro

  Emy Gazeilles

• Garcias

  Marine Chagnon

• Rodriguez

  Samy Camps

• Juan

  Nicholas Jones

• Deux serviteurs

  Young-Woo Kim

• Hyunsik Zee