Giuseppe Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes(2011)

Giuseppe Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes Synopsis

Les vêpres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opéra for Paris and is driven by the tensions between private passions and public politics. Originally set during Sicily's 13th-century uprising against French rule, in Christof Loy's staging for the Netherlands Opera the action is transposed to a 1940s world of sudden violence and shadowy double-dealing. Imaginatively cast and idiomatically conducted, the performance presents this magnificent score in its entirety, including the allegorical ballet The Four Seasons.

Giuseppe Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes (2011) is a film directed by Christof Loy, released on October 25, 2011 with a runtime of 3h 52m. It stars Barbara Haveman, Burkhard Fritz, Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester and Bálint Szabó.