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Grand French opera at Drottningholm 2024
Next summer, Drottningholms Slottsteater, Stockholm, Sweden, will present a grand French opera; Jean-Baptiste Lully's 1686 masterpiece Armide.
- The stage at the Court Theatre of Drottningholm is the perfect place for grand French Baroque opera, the spectacular genre Lully created for the court of Louis XIV, says Anna Karinsdotter, Artistic and managing director.
This is the first time a Lully opera will be staged at Drottningholm, and it will be interpreted by a French artistic team together with musical director and conductor Francesco Corti. Director Florent Siaud and choreographer Natalie Van Parys have previously worked together at Drottningholm with Marc Minkowski and Ivan Alexandre and their Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy. Set and costume designer is Philippe Miesch. With extensive experience of Baroque opera, he will use the theatre’s treasure trove of stage decorations and the unique stage machinery.
- Armide is the pinnacle of French Baroque tragédie en musique, and the culmination of Jean-Baptiste Lully’scareer. Since its premiere in 1686, Armide has been regarded as the quintessential model of musical and poetic creation, says Francesco Corti.
Armide is Lully’s last collaboration with the poet Philippe Quinault, whose libretto is a mixture of dramatic tension, supernatural elements and amorous despair. The work was an immediate success and was widely performed in the late 17th century. The opera contains many dance scenes in which the supernatural beings reflect the mental state of the main characters, who struggle with joy and horror, reality and fantasy.
- Armide is like Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage, where the characters go through all the states of passion, says Florent Siaud.
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Performances 3-17 August 2024
Tickets go on sale 3 November 2023
ARMIDE
tragédie en musique 1686
Music: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Libretto: Philippe Quinault
Conductor: Francesco Corti
Director: Florent Siaud
Choreographer: Natalie Van Parys
Set and costume designer: Philippe Miesch
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Drottningholms Slottsteater has been preserved in its original state since 1766 and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the only theatre of its kind in the world that still uses the original hand-operated stage machinery.
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