This year, Glyndebourne festival staged its first production of an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie, first staged in Paris in 1733. By coincidence, this comes just one year after the revival of Ivan Alexandre’s production of the same work at the Paris Opéra, having been staged originally in 2009 in Toulouse. While Alexandre’s…
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Armide, music by Jean-Baptiste Lully; text by Philippe Quinault, after Gersusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso. First performed: Palais Royal, Paris, 15 Feb. 1686. Royal Opera, Versailles – 11 May 2012, presented by Opera Atelier (Toronto) Cast: Peggy Kriha Dye (Armide), Colin Ainsworth (Renaud/Amant fortunée), João Fernandes (Hidraot), Meghan Lindsay (Sidonie/Nymphe), Carla Huhtanen (Phénice/Lucinde), Olivier Laquerre (Artémidore/Ubalde), Aaron Ferguson (Chevalier Danois), Curtis Sullivan (La Haîne), Vasil Garvanliev (Aronte).…
Dardanus, music by Jean Philippe Rameau; livret by Charles-Antoine Le Clerc de La Bruère; edition (based on 1744 version) by Gilles Rico University Concert Hall, Limerick – July 22, 2011; presented by European Opera Centre and University Concert Hall Cast: Svetli Chaumien (Dardanus), Myrto Boccolini (Iphise), Romanas Kudriasovas (Anténor), Dionisios Tsantinis (Ismenor), Joanna Freszel (Vénus), Ilektra Platinopoulou (L’Amour), Ryszard Kalus (Teucer) Orchestra (on period…
David McVicar added to his repertoire of Handel operas this season with his production of Handel’s Orlando (1733), which has been co-produced by three French opera companies who are each showing it in quick succession: Opera de Lille last month, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris last week, and Opera de Dijon on 20, 23…
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