ROMEO CASTELLUCCI / ESA-PEKKA SALONEN / GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphonie No. 2 in C Minor “Resurrection”
With the Paris Orchestra
Tickets available for purchase on-site before each performance (subject to availability).
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Est. 1h20
Romeo Castellucci’s staging of Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony expresses all of this work’s tragic grandeur. To magnify this monumental piece conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Castellucci offers a mournful “earth song” from which the audience does not emerge unscathed.
Composed by Gustav Mahler between 1888 and 1894, the “Resurrection” Symphony No. 2 is literally a hallucinatory score, one which, like so many of his works, initially elicited incomprehension: “If what I just heard is music, then I no longer understand anything about music!” orchestra conductor Hans von Bülow told the composer. And yet, it was at von Bülow’s funeral, in listening to the funeral march, that Mahler found the inspiration to complete this monumental work. Faced with this score, which was designed to be listened to with one’s eyes closed – an unconventional object for the world of theatre –, Romeo Castellucci has opted for an implacable humility. The chilling, dynamic installation he has designed emblazons itself on our retinas and memory. Miraculously, it makes Gustav Mahler’s imponderable magic all the more audible. In tune with Esa- Pekka Salonen, who seems to feel this music right down to the tip of his baton, the director delivers a moving earth song that incites us to live on in the face of death.
Some scenes may be disturbing to younger audiences and unprepared individuals.
The stage design of the show does not allow for complete visibility for individuals in wheelchairs.
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With the 2024 Paris Autumn Festival, the Paris Philharmonic, and the Paris Orchestra
Casting / Production credits
Orchestre de Paris
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen Stage Direction, Set Design, Costumes, Lighting Romeo Castellucci Dramaturgy Piersandra Di Matteo Soprano Julie Roset Alto Marie-Andrée Bouchard Lesieur
Chorus Master Richard Wilberforce Stage Direction Collaboration Filippo Ferraresi Set Design Collaboration Alessio Valmori Lighting Collaboration Marco Giusti
With Andrea Barki, Bernard Di Domenico, Fabio Di Domenico, Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris, Clémentine Auer, Emile Yebdri, Eurydice Gougeon-Marine, Francis Vincenty, Jean-Marc Fillet, Maïlys Castets, Matthieu Baquey, Michelle Salvatore, Raphaël Sawadogo-Mas, Romain Lutinier, Sandra Français, Sarah Namata, Simone Gatti, Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris
Photographer Monika Rittershaus
Revival of the Aix-en-Provence Festival 2022 production, in co-production with Philharmonie de Paris, La Villette – Paris, Abu Dhabi Festival, and Teatro Colón
Co-production La Villette – Paris, Festival d’Automne, Philharmonie de Paris
Practical information
Access
Grande Halle
Metro
Line 5 - Porte de Pantin station
Tramway
Line 3b - Porte de Pantin station
Bus
Bus 75, 151 - Porte de Pantin stop
Parking
Q-Park
Philharmonie
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - La Villette
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - Conservatoire
Parking
Cité des Sciences
Accessibility
- This venue is accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM). Please contact 01 40 03 75 75.
- The stage design of the show does not allow for complete visibility for individuals in wheelchairs.
Useful information
- Some scenes may be disturbing to younger audiences and unprepared individuals.
- Performance in German. No subtitles.
- Light food and refreshments available on-site before the show in the Grande Halle.
- Several dining options available in the park before or after the show, discover them HERE.
In the press
« Entre l’espoir et le désespoir, le cynisme et la piété, la musique élabore un mouvement oscillatoire qui donne du souffle et de la souplesse au système Castellucci. »
Libération« La force de Castellucci est de partir du réel le plus cru pour en faire de la poésie, de rendre l’actuel intemporel. »
Le Figaro« Romeo Castellucci signe un puissant et tragique tableau performé dont la tonalité macabre éprouve et sidère. »
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