Honegger’s Joan of Arc at the Stake: Opéra National de Lyon
About the Event
Discover Arthur Honegger's genre‐defying 'Joan of Arc at the Stake' at the Opéra de Lyon in Romeo Castellucci’s visionary production. Actress Audrey Bonnet speaks Joan of Arc, and Denis Podalydès embodies Father Dominique, under the musical direction of Kazushi Ono.
Honegger’s work can be qualified as a dramatic oratorio with orchestra and choir, but the roples are performed by actors speaking the text, rather than singers. With a libretto by French poet Paul Claudel, this unusual work portrays the last moments of Joan of Arc, both human and mystical.
In French with French surtitles
Cast / Production
Conductor Kazushi Ono
Direction, sets, costumes and lights Romeo Castellucci
Dramaturgy Piersandra Di Matteo
Artistic collaborator Silvia Costa
Joan of Arc Audrey Bonnet
Father Dominique Denis Podalydès
Virgin Mary Ilse Eerens
Marguerite Valentine Lemercier
Catherine Marie Karall
Tenor solo (a voice, Porcus, First Herald, The Clerk) Jean‐Noël Briend
Orchestra, Choirs and Maîtrise of the Opéra de Lyon
