Le Cid: Paris Opera

About the Event

The Paris Opera has assembled an epic cast featuring Roberto Alagna, Sonia Ganassi, Paul Gay, and Annick Massis, to breathe new life into this Massenet's timeless drama of honour and love.

The legendary figure of "Le Cid", the great champion of the Christians in their struggle against the Muslims, may not have existed, but the literary myth thoroughly eclipsed historical fact. Massenet's opera was first performed in Paris in 1885, and the composer's love of and fascination for the language of the Grand Siècle leap out from every page in a libretto that makes free use of Pierre Corneille's original text.

In French

Michel Plasson, Conductor
Charles Roubaud, Stage director
Emmanuelle Favre, Sets
Katia Duflot, Costumes
Vinicio Cheli, Lighting

Sonia Ganassi, Chimène
Annick Massis, L’Infante
Roberto Alagna, Rodrigue
Paul Gay, Don Diègue
Nicolas Cavallier, Le Roi
Franck Ferrari, Le Comte de Gormas
Francis Dudziak, Saint Jacques
Jean‐Gabriel Saint‐Martin, L’Envoyé maure
Luca Lombardo, Don Arias
Ugo Rabec, Don Alonzo

Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus