Calendar
Calendar

Hulda

César Franck 

In this rare Hulda, the musician rediscovers all the lyricism so characteristic of his symphonic and chamber works.

Gergely Madaras
Gergely Madaras © Balazs Borocz
Hulda
© Anthony DEhez

Cast

Jennifer Holloway | Hulda
Véronique Gens | Gudrun
Judith van Wanroij | Swanhilde
Marie Gautrot | Hulda's mother / Halgerde
Ludivine Gombert | Thordis
Edgaras Montvidas | Eiolf
Matthieu Lécroart | Gudleik
Christian Helmer | Aslak
Artavazd Sargsyan | Eyrick
François Rougier | Gunnard
Sébastien Droy | Eynar
Guilhem Worms | Thrond
Matthieu Toulouse | Arne / A Herald

Gergely Madaras | direction
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
Chœur de chambre de Namur

Full version 
Sung in French, surtitled in French and English

About

Hulda, composed between 1879 and 1885, was never performed during César Franck's lifetime and took more than a century to be premiered in its entirety (London, 1994). Inspired by a Norwegian play, this medieval legend closely follows Wagner's imagination without turning its back on French grand opera. Premiered in Monte Carlo in 1894 in an abridged version and minimalist staging, the work was then cleverly "buried" by Franck's students. Preferring to keep the image of a composer of pure music, they reserved for themselves the glory of embodying the Wagnerian legacy on stage. If these issues are now obsolete, we are left with Hulda, "a high-flying score, brimming with invention, with a gripping evocative force and a lyrical quality of the highest order" according to Joël-Marie Fauquet, the composer's biographer.

COPRODUCTION Palazzetto Bru Zane | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées | Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / Centre d’Art Vocal et de Musique Ancienne
Dans le cadre du bicentenaire César Franck (1822-2022) de l’Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège et du 9e Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane Paris

You may also like

La Vestale

Gaspare Spontini

Spontini was celebrated in his time by the general public and many composers. La Vestale, at the crossroads of styles, is of imperial flamboyance.

Requiem, Messe de Clovis

Gabriel Fauré, Charles Gounod

Fauré's Requiem and Gounod's rare Messe de Clovis. Two visions of the French sacred repertoire at the end of the 19th century.

Orchestre de chambre de Paris

H. Niquet, V. Gens, H. Guilmette, J. Dran, T. Christoyannis, E. Ceysson, X. Phillips, C. Tiberghien

The French melodies of joy brought to life by the Palazzetto Bru Zane and a fine vocal group.

Continue without accepting

We respect your privacy

With your consent, we use cookies or similar technologies to store and access personal information such as your visit to this website. You can withdraw your consent or object to processin based on legitimate interest at any time by cliking on "Find out more" or in your privacy policy on this website.

Welcome to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées website

The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and its partners set cookies and use non-sensitive information from your device to improve our products and display personalized advertising and content. You can accept or refuse these different operations. To find out more about cookies, the data we use, the processing operations we carry out and the partners with whom we work, you can consult our cookies dedicated page.