NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS / PROGRAM / Bastille / December / 2025
Description
For his first choreography at the Paris Opera in 1965, Roland Petit masterfully constructed a colourful fresco, as theatrical as it is intense, from Victor Hugo's lavish novel Notre-Dame de Paris.
Between the four main characters, the beautiful Esmeralda in love with Captain Phoebus, Frollo tormented by his desire, and the hunchback Quasimodo, the tragic tale unfolds against the backdrop of the Middle Ages populated by a fickle crowd, ever shifting from elation to cruelty.
Combining neoclassical language and the spirit of music-hall, Roland Petit surrounded himself with the leading creative artists of his time: Maurice Jarre for the music, René Allio for the sets and Yves Saint Laurent for the costumes, which he wanted to be "as colourful as the stained glass windows of a cathedral".
Product information
- Publication Year
- 2025
- Technical specification
Duration : 1h55 with 1 interval
Opening
First part
65 min
Intermission
20 min
Second part
30 min
End
Ballet in two acts and thirteen scenes
After Victor Hugo