In the 1830s, during the period of the Restauration, Julien Sorel, an irresistible young 18-year‑old, experiences a meteoric rise. A protégé of the abbé Chélan, he gains access to the world of the aristocracy and finds himself at the very heart of the struggle for power. The Red and the Black is the story of a tumultuous life in which love proves to be the most dangerous of passions. Madame de Rênal and Mathilde de La Mole lead the protagonist through the twists and intrigues of a 19th century in which desire, politics and religion form the backdrop for a brilliant character study. In sumptuous sets and costumes which he himself has conceived, Pierre Lacotte, who reconstituted La Sylphide, Paquita and Coppélia, now offers us an entirely new creation based on Stendhal’s novel of the same name, accompanied by a musical anthology from Jules Massenet.

Jonathan Darlington, conductor
Les Étoiles, les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris

Choreographer, Design and Costumes: Pierre Lacotte
Lighting: Madjid Hakimi

Cast:
Julien Sorel :
Mathieu Ganio
Mathias Heymann
Germain Louvet
Hugo Marchand

Madame de Rënal :
Amandine Albisson
Hannah O’Neill
Dorothée Gilbert
Ludmila Pagliero

Mathilde de la Môle :
Léonore Baulac
Myriam Ould-Braham
Bianca Scudamore

Elisa :
Valentine Colasante
Eve Grinsztajn
Roxane Stojanov

Monsieur de Rënal :
Stéphane Bullion
Francesco Mura
Marc Moreau

L’Abbé Chélan :
Audric Bezard
Florian Magnenet

L’Abbé Castanede :
Pablo Legasa
Thomas Docquir
Antonio Conforti

La Maréchale de Fervaques :
Héloïse Bourdon
Eve Grinsztajn
Naïs Duboscq

La Marquise de la Môle :
Émilie Cozette
Camille de Bellefon

Le Comte Altamira :
Yannick Bittencourt
Cyril Mitilian

Le Marquis de Croisenois :
Yann Chailloux
Mathieu Contat

Madame Derville :
Anémone Arnaud
Ninon Raux