Making of – Le Paradis et la Péri (Daniela Kerck & Astrid Steiner)

[Subtitles available in English and French I Sous-titres disponibles en anglais et français]

Making of: Le Paradis et la Péri
Directed by Marie Guilloux

Das Paradies und die Peri / Paradise and the Peri
Staged Oratorio
Performed at La Seine Musicale in May 2025

Libretto by Emil Flechsig and Robert Schumann,
based on Thomas Moore’s Lalla Rookh (translation by Hermann Theodor Oelckers, revised by Beate Heackl)
With
Mandy Fredrich, The Peri
Sebastian Kohlhepp, Tenor
Agata Schmidt, Alto
Samuel Hasselhorn, Baritone
Clara Guillon, The Young Girl
Victoire Bunel, The Angel
Lancelot Lamotte, The Young Man
Julien Clément, Gazna
Rosana Ribeiro, Choreography and Dance
Soloist of the Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, The Child

Insula orchestra
accentus
Laurence Equilbey Conductor and Artistic Director

Daniela Kerck Stage, Director
Astrid Steiner Video, Designer
Andrea Schmidt-Futterer, Costume Designer
Andreas Frank, Lighting Designer
Antonia Goldhammer, Dramaturge
Beate Haeckl, Revision of texts
Albert Horne, Chorus Master

Images: Marie Guilloux
Excerpts from the Arte recording: Isabelle Soulard, Camera Lucida
Videos filmed in Schwerin: Astrid Steiner, Hannah König
Subtitles translation: Jamie Davies