Berlioz: Les Troyens

MET OPENS 100TH SEASON WITH 'LES TROYENS'

Berlioz: Les Troyens — Plot

Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orchestra and ballet, a superb conductor who understands the uniqueness of the score—plus a production that does visual justice to the work. “A stupendous achievement” was one critic’s assessment of Peter Wexler’s inventive production. And with James Levine’s wizardry galvanizing the marvelous all-star cast, this is truly a gem. Plácido Domingo is the legendary hero Aeneas, Jessye Norman the obsessed prophetess Cassandra, and Tatiana Troyanos is Queen Dido, who commits suicide when Aeneas leaves her.

• Release date
• October 7, 1983
• Runtime
• 250 min
• Genres
• Drama, Music, History
• Director
• Brian Large

Berlioz: Les Troyens — Cast

Tatiana Troyanos Dido Jessye Norman Cassandre Plácido Domingo Aeneas Allan Monk Coroebus Paul Plishka Narbal Jocelyne Taillon Anna James Levine Conductor MET Orchestra