Thom Luz et ses Don Quichottes de rêve au Theater Basel

Don Quijote au Theater Basel

By Romain Daroles, 15 June 2026

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“un esprit de théâtre musical finement ciselé et construit, hypnotisant et drôle”

Reviewed at Theater Basel, Basel on 13 June 2026

Anonymous, La más lucida belleza

Purcell, Don Quixote: From rosy bow'rs Z 578

Conti, Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena (extrait)

Telemann, Orchestral Suite in G major "Burlesque de Quixotte", TWV 55:G10

Telemann, Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho

Mendelssohn, The Wedding of Camacho

Mercadante, Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamaccio (extrait)

Kienzl, Don Quixote (extrait)

Chapí, La venta de Don Quijote (extrait)

Massenet, Don Quichotte (extraits)

Ibert, Chansons de Don Quichotte (extrait)

Ravel, Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (extrait)

Halffter, Sonate pour violoncelle seul «Der Tod des Don Quixote»

Theater Basel

Eduardo Strausser, Conductor

Thom Luz, Director

Muriel Gerstner, Set Designer

Tina Bleuler, Costume Designer

Cornelius Hunziker, Lighting Designer

Basel Chamber Orchestra

Jonas Alsleben, Video

Jan Bluthardt, Actor

Dietrich Henschel, Baritone

André Morsch, Baritone

Harpa Ósk Björnsdóttir, Soprano

Hope Nelson, Mezzo-soprano

Ervin Ahmeti, Tenor

Nathan Schludecker, Baritone

Marius Aron, Bass-baritone

A striking Lucia di Lammermoor in Basel

Sarah Batschelet, 19th October

For his new production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in Basel, director Olivier Py underscored an emotive kaleidoscope of events with unparalleled creativity and imagination.

****1

Hailing from No-man’s land: Pelléas et Mélisande in Basel

Sarah Batschelet, 28th September

Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande emerges from an almost transcendent realm and creates a languorous atmosphere, even if it leaves some questions unanswered and realities unexplored.

****1

Love finds a balm for pain in Basel

Sarah Batschelet, 13th June

Lydia Steier’s colourful production of Alcina in Basel was as much a lesson in conflict resolution as it was in the power of love.

***11

A noble case for civil disobedience

Sarah Batschelet, 28th April

Even forty years after its world première in Rotterdam, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s new production of Philip Glass’s three-act opera in Basel has particularly timely relevance.

*****

An elemental ancient ritual

Sarah Batschelet, 24th March

Based on the ancient tragedies by Aeschylus, Oresteia makes a great case for composer Iannis Xenakis’s concept of “total theatre”.

****1

Sexism and callousness in Theater Basel's Don Giovanni

Sarah Batschelet, 27th January

In Richard Jones' production of Don Giovanni at Theater Basel, it was the singers alone who stole the limelight.

***11

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Romain Daroles

Romain Daroles est né entre Gascogne et Armagnac, terre qui lui a transmis le goût des lettres, de la musique et de la bonne chère. Parallèlement à des études littéraires qui se solderont avec l’obtention d’un Master en Littératures Françaises à la Sorbonne, il approfondit sa formation théâtrale au Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique du 6e arrondissement de Paris, ainsi que sa passion pour l’opéra. Titulaire en 2016 d'un Bachelor Théâtre décerné par la Manufacture de Lausanne, il est comédien/metteur en scène et a joué sous la direction de François Gremaud, Marie Fourquet, Alain Borek ou Mathias Brossard.