Akhmatova
  • Description

    As a tribute to Nicolas Joel, who passed away one year ago, the Paris Opera is releasing online the opera Akhmatova, staged and directed by Joel in 2011. For this worldwide premiere, dedicated to one of the most prominent Russian poets of the 20th century, the Opera commissioned Bruno Mantovani to compose the score and Christophe Ghristi to write the libretto. Their work focuses on the darkest moments of Anna Akhmatova’s life: Stalin’s regime and especially her son’s deportation.

    After 20 years at the direction of the Capitole de Toulouse, where he enriched the repertoire with many of his own productions, Nicolas Joel was named Director of the Paris Opera from 2009 to 2014. He directed, among others, Mireille by Gounod and Akhmatova

    A major figure of the operatic stage, he received many awards for his productions, including a Music Award in the “Best Lyrical Production” category for Dialogue of the Carmelites in Toulouse.

    Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

    A co-production of the Paris National Opera and François Roussillon et Associés
    With the participation of France Télévisions and the support of the Centre National de la Cinématographie

    © Opéra national de Paris – François Roussillon et Associés – 2012

    Picture: © Elisa Haberer / OnP

Creatives

  • Libretto

    Christophe Ghristi

  • Music

    Bruno Mantovani

  • Conductor

    Pascal Rophé

  • Director

    Nicolas Joel

  • Set design

    Wolfgang Gussmann

  • Costume design
  • Lighting design

    Hans Toelstede

  • Chorus master

    Patrick-Marie Aubert

Cast