In the ethereal afterlife, there is no time or space. The shades, freed from their earthly cares, celebrate the greatness of the Goddess of Truth. Shrouded in eternal glory, she sits triumphant, flanked by Beauty and Goodness, while at her feet lies Suffering in her mantle of blood. In the midst of this chorus of praise, a discordant lament rises: “To live! Who will give me back the thrill of life?” The voice belongs to Guercœur, who died in the prime of life after falling in love with Giselle and freeing his people from a tyrant, assisted by his friend Heurtal. Unable to rest, Guercœur begs to return to his fleshly form. Truth warns him: two years have already passed on Earth where nothing lasts forever. His fall from paradise could be brutal…

Cast

Stéphane Degout

Guercoeur

Catherine Hunold

Verité

Antoinette Dennefeld

Giselle

Julien Henric

Heurtal

Eugénie Joneau

Bonté

Gabrielle Philiponet

Beauté

Adriana Bignagni Lesca

Souffrance

Marie Lenormand

L'ombre d'une femme

Alysia Hanshaw

L’Ombre d’une vierge

Glen Cunningham

L’Ombre d’un poète

Ingo Metzmacher

Conductor