Opéra de Paris: Don Quichotte

Screening at PROSPECT - 11.00am Sun 30 Jun and 12.00pm Wed 3 Jul 2024

New Production! Massenet’s charming, resonant final opera returns to the Paris stage for the first time in over two decades, with brilliant bass Christian Van Horn in the title role. Massenet and his librettist Henri Cain retained only a few of the main emblematic episodes of Cervantes’ lavish novel: the legendary knight errant’s love for the beautiful Dulcinée (Marianne Crebassa), his chivalrous spirit that leads him to pursue brigands to recover her necklace, his famous battle with the windmills and his death as he lies beside his servant Sancho (Étienne Dupuis). Inspired by this atmospheric and moving music, acclaimed director Damiano Michieletto’s new production seeks to reveal not just the poetry of the protagonist, but also his suffering: that of a deeply lonely man, haunted by his memories. Mikhail Tatarnikov conducts.

Genre: Opera, Special Event
Country of Origin: France
Language: French, with English subtitles

Rating: CTC

Runtime: 155 mins

Director: Damiano Michieletto

Actors: Etienne Dupuis, Ildar Abdrazakov, Marianne Crebassa

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas

No sessions running at Eastend this week

Prospect Cinemas

Sun, Jun 30:

11:00

Wed, Jul 3:

12:00

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