Aurélien Houette, Eleonora Abbagnato, Clairemarie Osta, Ballet van de Opéra national de Paris, Frédéric Laroque, Stéphane Bullion, Nicolas Paul & Mathias Heymann

Caligula

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Artist: Aurélien Houette, Eleonora Abbagnato, Clairemarie Osta, Ballet van de Opéra national de Paris, Frédéric Laroque, Stéphane Bullion, Nicolas Paul & Mathias Heymann - Soloist: Aurélien Houette, Eleonora Abbagnato, Clairemarie Osta, Stéphane Bullion, Nicolas Paul & Mathias Heymann - Producer: with the participation of France Télévisions, in co-production with the Opéra national de Paris, Idéale Audience, Museec, Mezzo & CielEcran - Conductor: Frédéric Laroque - Featured Artist: Aurélien Houette, Ballet of the Paris National Opera, Eleonora Abbagnato, Clairemarie Osta, Stéphane Bullion, Frédéric Laroque, Nicolas Paul & Mathias Heymann - Composer: Antonio Vivaldi - Orchestra: Orchestra of the Paris National Opera
Palais Garnier, Paris | 82 min | 2005 | TV-PG

Caligula

First performed in 2005, “Caligula” is ‘étoile dancer’ Nicolas Le Riche's first choreography for the Paris Opera Ballet. Intrigued by the complex and troubling personality of the Roman emperor Caligula, the choreographer evokes the torments of a frail man capable of loving the moon and idolizing his horse, a man impassioned by theatre and constantly playing a role himself. Constructed as a tragedy, the choreography follows the inexorable progression of this solitary hero towards death. Accompanied by Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’, which illustrates the irremediable passage of time, the dance, in all its depth and energy, translates the poetry and the violence inherent in a life consumed at lightning speed by excess.

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