Orleanskaya Deva

Archive Listings for Orleanskaya Deva

T1265063895 (WEXOP00) Company Wexford Festival Opera Chorus. Company National Symphony Orchestra. Director Massimo Gasparon. Design Massimo Gasparon. Lighting Rupert Murray. Performer Lada Biriucov. Performer Yuri Alexeev. Performer Igor Tarassov. Performer Alexander Teliga. Performer Ermonela Jaho. Performer Ayhan Arda. Performer Igor Morozov. Performer Andrei Antonov. Performer Sergio Foresti. Performer Frantisek Zahradnicek. Performer Katia Trebleva. Conductor Daniele Callegari.

19 Oct 00 to 3 Nov 00

Theatre Royal, Wexford :: V1850998411 listing details L01381414975

Details

Opera or Operetta :: In the French village of Domremy, news arrives that the French army has been vanquished by the approaching English. Joan La Pucelle urges everyone to trust in the living Saviour, She accurately prophesies the death of Salisbury, the English leader, and departs to save France. When the king (Charles VII) hears how Joan has led the French in a rout of the enemy, he places the army under her command. Near the city of Rheims Joan spares the life of Lionel, a Burgundian knight. Later, the King appears accompanied by Joan. Her distraught father accuses Joan of sorcery, but she remains silent. When the Cardinal demands an answer, Joan flees to the forest where a choir of angels foretells her death. The English arrive and, slaying Lionel, take Joan prisoner. As the fire is lit in the square, the populace mock Joan and the angels invite her to heaven.

Music

Tchaikovsky