Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc), 2022
Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias is a giddy romp of an opera that throws questions of politics, gender and society up into the air and watches them shatter into hundreds of glittering pieces.
The cast includes Elsa Benoit (Thérèse), Régis Mengus (The Husband) and Gyula Orendt (Theatre Director/The Policeman) with conductor Robin Ticciati and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
A brand new production from Festival 2022.
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Photo: Bill Cooper
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Les Mamelles de Tirésias - full opera
Les Mamelles de Tirésias is a giddy romp of an opera that throws questions of politics, gender and society up into the air and watches them shatter into hundreds of glittering pieces. Frustrated with her life as a housewife, Thérèse transforms herself into a man and heads out into the world, leav...
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Les Mamelles de Tirésias: explore with Alexandra
Opera Specialist Alexandra Coghlan talks to chorus director Aidan Oliver and set designer Caroline Ginet to explore Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
