Jaufré Rudel - Eric Owensthe pilgrim - Tamara MumfordClémence - Susanna PhillipsДирижер - Susanna MälkkiРежиссер - Robert LepageAquitaine, Tripoli, and at sea, 12th centuryAct IJaufré Rudel, Prince of Blaye, is tired of the life of pleasure led by the young peopleof his rank. He yearns for a different, distant love, but he is resigned to the idea thathe will never find it. A chorus of his old companions reproaches him for the changeand makes fun of him. He tells them that the woman of whom he sings doesn’t exist.Then, a Pilgrim who has arrived from overseas asserts that there is such a woman, andthat he has met her. Jaufré can no longer think of anything but her.Act IIReturning to the East, the Pilgrim meets the Countess of Tripoli and admits to herthat in the West, a prince-troubadour celebrates her in his songs, calling her his“love from afar.” Offended at first, she later begins to dream of this strange anddistant lover, but she also asks herself whether she merits such devotion.Act IIIReturning to Blaye, the Pilgrim meets Jaufré and admits to him that the lady nowknows that he sings of her. At this, the troubadour resolves to visit her in person.Clémence, for her part, seems to prefer that their relationship remain distant. Shedoesn’t want to live in anticipation, and she doesn’t want to suffer.