Black Mountain - Bordaux Opera house (2026) - La Montagne noire - Opéra National de Bordeaux (2026)

Description

New production.
Co-production between Palazzetto Bru Zane and Bordeaux National Opera.

"Black Mountain (1895) is the final opera by Augusta Holmès, one of the very few Romantic composers to have been able to create a work of such magnitude at a time when operas were almost exclusively reserved for composers. Majestic and exotic, this lyrical drama had not been performed in France for over a century. The style is at the crossroads of the great masters of opera (Wagner, Saint-Saëns, Mussorgsky), with a breathtakingly lyrical female lead, played by Aude Extremo, who also played it in Dortmund recently. The action takes place in the 18th century in the Balkans. The Montenegrin leaders Mirko and Aslar return victorious from a battle against Muslim troops. They bring back with them Yamina, an enemy captive with whom Mirko falls madly in love. In his staging, Dominique Pitoiset shows how an opera is in perpetual movement, having fun at times making people believe that we are still in rehearsal, when we are already in production."

More information is available on the official website of the opera house.