Les vêpres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opéra for Paris and is driven by the tensions between private passions and public politics. Originally set during Sicily's 13th-century uprising against French rule, in Christof Loy's staging for the Netherlands Opera the action is transposed to a 1940s world of sudden violence and shadowy double-dealing. Imaginatively cast and idiomatically conducted, the performance presents this magnificent score in its entirety, including the allegorical ballet The Four Seasons.
Christof Loy
Director
Barbara Haveman
Burkhard Fritz
Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester
Bálint Szabó
Bonjour Tristesse62%
The Truman Show81%
Rope79%
Gabriel's Rapture: Part I78%
Downton Abbey: A New Era72%
Les Misérables73%
Nightfall69%
Bonjour Tristesse67%
Robin and the 7 Hoods62%
Much Ado About Nothing69%
The Hunchback58%
Total Eclipse64%
Star Trek: Insurrection64%
My Big Fat Greek Wedding65%
A Little Romance68%
The Angels' Share69%
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent67%
Moonstruck68%
Hallam Foe66%
The Unforgivable74%
