Les Troyens (2009)

4h 14m · 31 Oct 2009

Monumental operas deserve epochal stagings

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This grand opera, complete with ensembles and ballets, large choruses and orchestral set pieces, is given an appropriately grand treatment in this production by the renowned Catalan theater group "La Fura dels Baus" recorded at Valencia's Palau de les Arts. In the first part of the work, Padrissa plays with the present-day meaning of "Trojans" as computer viruses: his Trojan horse carries within it the infection that will cause system failures and, ultimately, destruction. In the second part, Carthage is presented as the mysterious seat of a future civilization, where human life is heading towards self-destruction through environmental disasters.

Movie ID	39669
Genre	Music
Director	Carlus Padrissa
Main cast	Lance Ryan, Gabriele Viviani, Giorgio Giuseppini, Eric Cutler, Oksana Shilova, Elisabete Matos, Daniele Barcellona, Zlata Bulycheva
Release date	31 October 2009
Release year	2009
Language	French
Duration	254 min (4h 14m)
Rating	–
Production house	Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia