Mikael Karlsson - Fanny and Alexander, at La Monnaie in Brussels
La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday December 8 2024 An edited version of t his post will be published on Parterre.com Conductor: Ariane Matiakh. Production: Ivo Van Hove. Sets and Lighting: Jan Versweyveld. Costume Designer: An D’Huys. Video: Christopher Ash. Helena Ekdahl: Susan Bullock. Oscar Ekdahl: Peter Tantsits. Emilie Ekdahl: Sasha Cooke. Fanny: Lucie Penninck. Alexander: Jay Weiner. Bishop Edvard Vergerus: Thomas Hampson. Justina: Anne Sofie von Otter. Isak Jacobi: Loa Falkman. Ismaël: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen. Aron: Alexander Sprague. Carl Ekdahl: Justin Hopkins. Lydia: Polly Leech. Gustav Adolf Ekdahl: Gavan Ring. Alma Ekdahl: Margaux de Valensart. Paulina: Marion Bauwens. Esmeralda: Blandine Coulon. La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra. Photos: © Matthias Baus Back to Brussels last Sunday for my third new opera of the season (after The Time of our Singing , also at La Monnaie, and Picture a day like this , at the Opéra Comique): Mikael Karlsson’s Fanny and Alexander, with a libretto by Ro...