Opéra National de Paris: Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots Poster

Opéra National de Paris: Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots

Giacomo Meyerbeer's grand opera live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on October 4th, 2018

Not Rated Music Drama History

Starring: Yosep Kang, Lisette Oropesa, Ermonela Jaho, Karine Deshayes, Nicolas Testé

Writer: Eugène Scribe, Émile Deschamps

Release Date:
October 4, 2018
Ratings:
8.0 / 10
Director:
Andreas Kriegenburg
Companies:
Opéra National de Paris

Overview

Les Huguenots is a monumental fresco featuring various impossible loves in the context of the Saint Bartholomew Massacre. Andreas Kriegenburg places these timeless conflicts of love and religion in an immaculate setting in which the costumes appear yet more flamboyant and the victims’ blood more violently red.