Name: Hulda
Start: 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Jennifer Holloway

Hulda

Véronique Gens

Gudrun

Soprano

Marie Gautrot

Halgerde

Tenor

Artavazd Sargsyan

Eyric

Sébastien Droy

Eynar

François Rougier

Gunnard

Ludivine Gombert

Thordis

Edgaras Montvidas

Eiolf

Judith van Wanroij

Swanhilde

Conductor

Gergely Madaras

Mère d'Hulda

Baritone

Matthieu Lécroart

Gudleik

Bass

Christian Helmer

Aslak

Matthieu Toulouse

Arne

Un Héraut

Guilhem Worms

Thrond

Herald

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Others

Chœur de Chambre de Namur

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège

Palazzetto Bru Zane

French

Paris

France

Théâtre

Liège

Belgium

Salle Philharmonique

Hulda Franck

Public

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The Musical Director of the OPRL, Gergely Madaras, and the musicologist Alexandre Dratwicki, Artistic Director of the Palazzetto Bru Zane - Center for Romantic Music, present Hulda, César Franck's third opera. A Norwegian legend which will be given in concert by the OPRL in May and June 2022 as part of the César Franck bicentenary of the OPRL, and which will be the subject of a new discographic project published by the Palazzetto Bru Zane.

Hulda , composed between 1879 and 1885, was never performed on stage during César Franck's lifetime and took more than a century to see her first complete creation (London, 1994). Inspired by a Norwegian play, this medieval legend closely follows Wagner's imagination without turning its back on the great French opera. Created in Monte-Carlo in 1894 in an abridged version and a minimalist staging, the work will then be cleverly "buried" by Franck's pupils. Preferring to keep the image of a composer of pure music, they reserved the glory of embodying the Wagnerian heritage on stage. If these issues are now obsolete, we still have Hulda, “A high-level score, overflowing with invention, with a powerful evocation, of a first-rate lyrical quality” according to Joël-Marie Fauquet, the composer's biographer.

Hulda, composée entre 1879 et 1885, ne fut jamais montée sur scène du vivant de César Franck et mit plus d’un siècle pour connaître sa première création intégrale (Londres, 1994). Inspirée d’une pièce norvégienne, cette légende médiévale suit de près l’imaginaire de Wagner sans tourner le dos au grand opéra français. Créé à Monte-Carlo en 1894 dans une version abrégée et une mise en scène minimaliste, l’ouvrage sera ensuite savamment « enterré » par les élèves de Franck. Préférant garder de lui l’image d’un compositeur de musique pure, ils se réservèrent la gloire d’incarner l’héritage wagnérien sur scène. Si ces enjeux sont aujourd’hui caducs, il nous reste Hulda, « une partition de haut vol, débordante d’invention, d’une force d’évocation prenante, d’une qualité lyrique de premier ordre »  selon Joël-Marie Fauquet, le biographe du compositeur.

français

Hulda by Franck, From (2022/2022), Conductor Gergely Madaras, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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