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2023 / AROP evening / Ballet
10 May.

The Dante Project

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    Palais Garnier

    19h30

    Duration
    2h45

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  • 1st part
    19h30
  • Intermission cocktail
    20h15
  • 2nd part
    20h45
  • Intermission cocktail
    21h10
  • 3rd part
    21h40
  • End of the performance
    22h15
  • Supper
    22h30

The Dante Project, which premiered in London in December 2021, is today entering the Paris Opera’s repertoire. To a colourful orchestral score by Thomas Adès, British choreographer Wayne McGregor presents a three‑act ballet inspired by the alternately chilling and sunlit landscapes of the Divine Comedy. Written in the 14th century by Dante, this seminal poem of the Italian language recounts an initiatory journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. McGregor brings this medieval Christian fantasy to life through dance: a young woman, Beatrice, embodies a promise of love and hope as the chorepgrapher reconstructs a narrative arc taking the audience on a nonstop journey where sound, movement and light form the substance of a mysterious and changing constellation.

The Dante Project

The Dante Project 2023

  • Music

    Thomas Adès
    (1971)

  • Conductor
    Thomas Adès
  • Conductor
    Courtney Lewis
  • Dramaturgy
    Uzma Hameed
  • Set design and Costume design
    Tacita Dean
  • Lighting design
    Lucy Carter
  • Lighting design
    Simon Bennison
  • Chorus master
    Ching-Lien Wu

  • Choreography

    Wayne McGregor
    (1970)

Cast

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Paul
Marque

Dante

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Léonore
Baulac

Béatrice

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Arthus
Raveau

Virgil

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Alexandre
Boccara

Dancer

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Takeru
Coste

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Roxane
Stojanov

Les Étoiles, les Premières Danseuses, les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Coproduction Opéra national de Paris, Royal Opera House