Quartett

From the homonymous play by Heiner Müller

Based on the novel Les liaisons dangereuses by Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos

Editor: Casa Ricordi, Milan

First performance: 26.04.2011 _ Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Musical direction: Patrick Davin

Director: John Fulljames

Sets and costumes: Soutra Gilmour

Lights: Bruno Poet

Video: Ravi Deepres

Sound: Soundintermedia

Starring: Marquise de Merteuil, Angelica Voje, Vicomte de Valmont, Robin Adams

Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento

Co-production: Opéra de Rouen, Haydn Foundation

Scene: Royal Opera House

Duration about 80’ _ (without interval)

In English with surtitles in Italian and German

A masterpiece of the musical theatre of our time. A controversial love, a struggle with no holds barred, till the inevitable tragic ending.

In 2011, the opera premiered at the Teatro alla Scala winning, among others, the Prize of the Association of Italian Music Critics, and since then it has been performed around the world; as a result, it is definitely one of the most performed musical works of the 21th century.