Frédégonde

Frédégonde is an 1895 French opera (drame lyrique) in five acts with music by Ernest Guiraud, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Paul Dukas and a libretto by Louis Gallet based on Augustin Thierry's Récits des temps mérovingiens [Tales from the time of the Merovingians] (1840).

The mise-en-scène was by Alexandre Lapissida, the costumes were designed by Charles Bianchini [Wikidata], and the choreography was by Joseph Hansen.

The production was a collaboration with Grenoble's La Fabrique Opéra, whose founder, Patrick Suouillot, conducted the Ho Chi Minh City Orchestra.

The six main roles were sung by French singers, including Valerie Altaver as Brunhilda, Matthieu Lécroart as Hilpérick and Richard Bousquet as Mérowig.

[9] Frédégonde was scheduled for revival by Theater Dortmund in May 2021 in partnership with the Palazzetto Bru Zane but cancelled due to the corona pandemic.

Frontispiece for the vocal score by Paul Steck , 1895