Berlioz: Les Troyens

Overview

Berlioz’s epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and the exploits of Aeneas. Rising tenor Bryan Hymel, in his Met debut, stars as the hero charged by the gods with the founding of the city of Rome. Susan Graham is Dido, Queen of Carthage, who becomes Aeneas’s lover, and Deborah Voigt sings Cassandra, the Trojan princess whose warnings about the impending destruction of Troy go unheeded. Francesca Zambello’s atmospheric production, featuring choreography by Doug Varone, is led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi.

Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete

Top cast

Deborah Voigt

Cassandra

Dwayne Croft

Coroebus

Bryan Hymel

Aeneas

Susan Graham

Dido

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Julie Boulianne

Ascanius

Richard Bernstein

Panthus

Karen Cargill

Anna

Kwangchul Youn

Narbal / God Mercury

Eric Cutler

Iopas

Paul Appleby

Hylas

Joyce DiDonato

Self - Host

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Eduardo Valdes

Helenus

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Julie Boulianne

Hecuba

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Julien Robbins

Priam

David Crawford

Ghost of Hector

Jacqueline Antaramian

Andromache

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Connell C. Rapavy

Astyanax

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Paul Corona

First Trojan soldier

James Courtney

Second Trojan soldier

James Courtney

Laocoön

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