Overview

• Performances run at the Royal Opera House in London through October 6 in a revival staged by Daniel Dooner.
• Stefan Herheim’s production relocates the story to the Paris Opera’s Salle Le Peletier, with lavish designs by Philipp Fürhofer and costumes by Gesine Völlm.
• Speranza Scappucci leads her first production as the Royal Opera’s principal guest conductor, earning strong notices for incisive, colorful conducting and drawing acclaim for the orchestra and chorus.
• The principal cast features Joyce El‑Khoury (Hélène), Valentyn Dytiuk (Henri), Quinn Kelsey (Montfort) and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Jean Procida), with El‑Khoury learning the role in nine days and Dytiuk stepping in late.
• This revival trims the lengthy Act III ballet and reimagines the climactic sequence in keeping with the staging’s theatre‑about‑theatre focus.