Les Boréades

Les Boréades

218 mins | Music | March 1, 2003

Director Robert Carsen and his creative team flood the stage with summer blossoms, drifts of autumn leaves, winter snows and thunderous spring storms. The cast of 140 are attired in elegant costumes inspired by late 1940s Dior. This mythical tale of a young queen, Alphise, determined to abdicate rather than contemplate an enforced marriage to a descendant of Boreas, is nothing less than highly-charged.

Les Boréades

218 mins | Music | March 1, 2003

Les Boréades
Director Robert Carsen and his creative team flood the stage with summer blossoms, drifts of autumn leaves, winter snows and thunderous spring storms. The cast of 140 are attired in elegant costumes inspired by late 1940s Dior. This mythical tale of a young queen, Alphise, determined to abdicate rather than contemplate an enforced marriage to a descendant of Boreas, is nothing less than highly-charged.
Producers Opus Arte, Opéra National de Paris
Original title Les Boréades
Directors Robert Carsen, Thomas Grimm
Writers Louis de Cahusac, Jean-Philippe Rameau

Cast

Barbara Bonney

as Alphise

Paul Agnew

as Abaris

Nicolas Rivenq

as Adamas/Apollon

Toby Spence

as Calisis

Laurent Naouri

as Borée