Amour à mort

When Tancred meets Clorinda, he immediately falls in love. But - tragic irony of fate! - he is a valiant Crusader knight and she is a Moor. She is also a fearsome warrior, and their budding love will end in a fight to the death. Based on this legend, captured in poetry in Jerusalem delivered and set to music in Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Amour à mort takes us on a journey combining theatre and music, at the crossroads of madrigal, intermezzo and opera.

Leonardo García Alarcón is well known to audiences in Nancy, having conducted a number of memorable productions and concerts in recent years, including Rossi's Enchanted Palace and Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. The Argentinian conductor is one of those who are taking Baroque music to new heights, helping to make it more contemporary than ever and resolutely festive. Here he collaborates with stage director Jean-Yves Ruf. Featuring a selection of gems from the Baroque repertoire, new compositions and improvisations, the actors, singers and musicians weave a vast tapestry of human passions - from desire to war - that have spanned the centuries.

Duration
1 h 45 without interval

Prices
5 — 85 €

Lyrical pieces in French, Italian, Latin and German, with surtitles
For all audiences aged 11 and over

There will be no "introduction to the performance" for these performances.

Based on the story of Tancredi and Clorinda by Torquato Tasso in Jerusalem Delivered

Monteverdi, Dufay, d’India, Marenzio, Massaino,  il Verso, Boschetti, Bach, Neri, Cifra

Cité Bleue – Genève, Opéra national de Lorraine

Leonardo García-Alarcón  

Rodrigo Calveyra, Adrià Gràcia Gàlvez

Jean-Yves Ruf

Claudia Jenatsch

Laure Pichat

Victor Egéa

Katrine Zingg

Anouk Werro

Mariana Flores

Sofie Garcia

Logan Lopez Gonzalez

Valerio Contaldo

Andreas Wolf

Isabel Aimé Gonzalez-Sola

Thierry Gibault

Margaux Le Mignan

Lucas Chérubin