Commissioned by Opera Ballet Vlaanderen at the suggestion of director Calixto Bieito, Les Bienveillantes is based on Jonathan

Littell's novel, a harsh and monumental work in terms of its length, subject, scope and depth - a bestseller in France, Grand Prix du

roman de l'Academie francaise and Prix Goncourt, translated into over twenty languages - told in the first person by Maximilian Aue,

a former SS officer. Together with Handl Klaus, who wrote the libretto, Hector Parra has achieved a musical, intellectual and human tour de force. These 3 b-records CDs, which inaugurate the new "Villa Medicis Live" collection, allow us to relive the extraordinary world premiere, bringing together a first-rate vocal team and the great conductor Peter Rundel.

Artists

Peter Tantsits (soloist), Gianluca Zampieri (soloist), Hanne Roos (soloist), Maria Fiselier (soloist), Sandra Paelinck (soloist), Kris Belligh (soloist), Erik Dello (soloist), Dejan Toshev (soloist), Mark Gough (soloist), Michael J. Scott (soloist), Donald Thomson (soloist), Günter Papendell (soloist), Denzil Delaere (soloist), Rachel Harnisch (soloist), Claudio Otelli (soloist), Natascha Petrinsky (soloist), David Alegret (soloist), Symfonisch Orkest Opera Vlaanderen, Koor Opera Vlaanderen