This performance of 2014 can be considered as a reference on account of the quality of the vocal material involved and because the daring staging of Austrian Martin Kušej is rich in meaning within the context of the global challenges of today. He proposes a reflection on war, on vengeance and also on the mark of guilt which ends with the joie de vivre and the expansion of passions. In the intimacy of Calatrava, his is a post-Bauhaus picture of a Fascist neatness which then contrasts with the chaos of battles, the abyss of misery and the sexual stampede after triumph or failure. In this context, religion, instead of being a consolation is both an escape and the tomb of humanity; the chapel wherein Leonora hides is made out of huge crosses and in one of them, just for a moment, Don Álvaro seems crucified by his fate.
Jonas Kaufmann
as Don Alvaro
Anja Harteros
as Donna Leonora
Ludovic Tézier
as Don Carlos de Vargas
Nadia Krasteva
as Preziosilla
Vitalij Kowaljow
as Padre Guardiano
Renato Girolami
as Fra Melitone
Heike Grötzinger
as Curra
Vitalij Kowaljow
as Marqués de Calatrava
Francesco Petrozzi
as Mastro Trabucco
Christian Rieger
as Alcalde
Asher Fisch
as Conductor
