Inspired by La Divine Comédie, the monumental work by Dante celebrating its 700th anniversary, Pascal Dusapin's latest opera premiered at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. It also marked the first major live production spatialized with HOLOPHONIX Native.
An arid and fascinating journey, Il Viaggio, Dante brings together Kent Nagano conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon and Thierry Coduys directing the electroacoustic composition and real-time spatialization of both orchestra and soloists.
With Il Viaggio, Dante, Pascal Dusapin (Passion, 2008) and writer Frédéric Boyer revisit a work long considered unadaptable, transforming it into an intimate exploration of Dante's universe.
For his first appearance at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, director Claus Guth places his protagonist between life and death, in an uncertain in-between world whose unsettling strangeness echoes our own contemporary condition.
Captured at three stages of his life, Dante passes through the circles of Hell, culminating in his encounter with Lucifer, before ascending towards Paradise, where the enigmatic laughter of Beatrice resounds. A passage through the human condition that ultimately leads from darkness to light and joy.
