Jean-Sébastien Bou

Carmen

Jonathan Haswell

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Jonas Kaufmann

Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José and Carmen in this darkly passionate reading of one of the most popular operas. Kaufmann uses his burnished tenor and smouldering good looks to portray the man undone by Carmen's love. As the object of his desire, Antonacci gives a physical and compelling performance.

La vie parisienne

François Roussillon, Laurent Pelly

Jean-Sébastien Bou, Marc Callahan

Live performance from Opéra National de Lyon.

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Stéphane Braunschweig

Jean-Sébastien Bou, Robert Gleadow

Don Giovanni prides itself in being a dramma giocoso. Not an easy expression to translate, given how starkly contradictory the terms would appear to be. But dig below the surface and you are plunged into a delightful swirl of ambiguities. Nothing here is set in stone: the libertinage is passionate, but couples meet and part. Fate plays tricks with masks, right up until the final challenge.

Claude - Thierry Escaich

Jean-Sébastien Bou, Jean-Philippe Lafont

French contemporary composer Thierry Escaich and French essayist, politician, and now librettist Robert Badinter transform Victor Hugo’s short story Claude Gueux into an operatic call for human dignity in the 21st century.