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Les Boréades Jean-Philippe Rameau / festival international d'opéra baroque

Art and shows, Music, Lyric art, Classical music, Festival, Music, Dinner Show, Opera in Beaune

Concert as part of the Beaune International Festival
Rameau's testament

At nearly 80, Jean-Philippe Rameau put all his energy into a final lyric tragedy, intended for the celebrations marking the end of the Seven Years' War, and died without having been able to hear his musical testament. What a masterpiece he left behind! Constant invention, orchestral daring, powerful drama: with Les Boréades, Rameau seemed to draw his inspiration from a completely new source.

Reinoud van Mechelen has already triumphed as Prince Abaris. At the head of his... Read more
Rameau's testament

At nearly 80, Jean-Philippe Rameau put all his energy into a final lyric tragedy, intended for the celebrations marking the end of the Seven Years' War, and died without having been able to hear his musical testament. What a masterpiece he left behind! Constant invention, orchestral daring, powerful drama: with Les Boréades, Rameau seemed to draw his inspiration from a completely new source.

Reinoud van Mechelen has already triumphed as Prince Abaris. At the head of his ensemble A nocte temporis and an enthusiastic cast, he takes on this magnificent role for this first performance in Beaune.

DISTRIBUTION

Reinoud Van Mechelen, Abaris
Gwendoline Blondeel, Alphise
Lisandro Abadie, Borée
Tomáš Král, Adamas, Apollon
Robert Getchell, Calisis
Philippe Estèphe, Borilée
Annelies Van Gramberen, Sémire, a nymph, Love, Polymnie

Namur Chamber Choir
A nocte temporis

Reinoud Van Mechelen, conductor

3h with an intermission
In French, with French surtitles

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