Berlioz’s Les Troyens
myths & legends • opera • ancient times • visually-striking • war & military
- Filmed Performance
- Met Opera on Demand
- The Metropolitan Opera
- Free
In this Berlioz epic, the ever-daring French master takes on the aftermath of the Trojan War and Aeneas’s exploits in Carthage, by way of Virgil’s Aeneid, in a five-act magnum opus that stands as one of the most ambitious works in the operatic canon. Director Francesca Zambello rises to the challenge with a striking production that gets to the heart of the drama with sophisticated, symbolic visuals.