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Rameau : Les Paladins
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Saturday June 24th 2023
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Royal Opera
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7pm | 2h10 with intermission
Cast
Mathias Vidal Atis
Judith van Wanroij Argie
Philippe Estèphe Orcan
Anne-Catherine Gillet Nérine
Frédéric Caton Anselme
David Tricou Manto
La Chapelle Harmonique Choir and orchestra
Valentin Tournet Conductor
Presentation
Celebration of the Louis XV
Rameau’s forgotten lyrical comedy is resurrected here: in 1760, aged seventy-seven, Les Paladins was his last work to be presented to the public. Inspired by the triumph of his other comedy, Platée, Rameau gave it emphasis and excess, making the orchestra blaze and the singers surge, with sharp comedic turns and magnificent sentimental pages.
Show moreIn this fantasy Middle Ages, here is a comedy of characters brilliantly treated as caricatures: the beautiful Argie, prisoner of the monstrous Orcan, the Paladin Atis freeing his bride, the Fairy Manto unleashing demons and furies, and transfiguring the castle with a dance of Pagodas and a Chinese entertainment!
Valentin Tournet leads his magnificent soloists and La Chapelle Harmonique in this final gem of Rameau’s work!
With the exceptionnal support of the ADOR – The Friends of the Royal Opera
Programme
Lyric comedy in three acts to a libretto by Duplat de Monticourt, first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris in 1760.
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The Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles
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CD Rameau – Les Paladins
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