In 1748, Rameau created an opéra-ballet in a single act of remarkable sensitivity: Pygmalion, in which the hero, in love with the statue he has sculpted, ultimately brings it to life through the power of love.

A decade later in Vienna, Gluck composed a French opéra-comique on an alla turca theme, Le Cadi dupé: set in an eastern capital, two lovers wish to marry despite the opposition of the Cadi (the local magistrate). With the help of a cunning servant, they devise schemes to deceive him, and the Cadi is duly duped through disguises and comic misunderstandings.

Brought together for a single evening through the wit and imagination of Jean-Romain Vesperini, these two Baroque gems include a hilariously entertaining Cadi, which remains little known today.

Co-production Royal Opera/ Château de Versailles Spectacles, Les Productions de l’Opéra Royal, Opéra de Tours.

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
Pygmalion

Acte de ballet with a libretto by Ballot de Sauvot, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique in 1748.

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Le Cadi dupé

Opéra-comique in one act with a libretto by Pierre-René Lemonnier, first performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna in 1761.

Show in French, with French and English surtitles.

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