Rameau: Les Indes galantes

Rameau: Les Indes galantes

175 mins | Music | Jan. 1, 2014

For the launch of its DVD collection, Alpha is joining forces with Christophe Roussets Les Talens Lyriques in Rameaus opera-ballet Les Indes galantes, his most famous work, here performed in its 1750 Toulouse version. Particularly rich both on the musical level and in atmosphere, scrutinizing love in far-off lands (Turkey, Peru, Persia and America), it responds to the infatuation with exoticism that tinged all the arts of the century. Rameaus dance music is always quite suggestive, evocative of a movement or a pictorial atmosphere. As for the staging, Laura Scozzi brings her contemporary vision to these countries and travels. Filmed at the Bordeaux National Opera, this production marked the Rameau celebrations in 2014 and was unanimously hailed by the international press

Rameau: Les Indes galantes

175 mins | Music | Jan. 1, 2014

Rameau: Les Indes galantes
For the launch of its DVD collection, Alpha is joining forces with Christophe Roussets Les Talens Lyriques in Rameaus opera-ballet Les Indes galantes, his most famous work, here performed in its 1750 Toulouse version. Particularly rich both on the musical level and in atmosphere, scrutinizing love in far-off lands (Turkey, Peru, Persia and America), it responds to the infatuation with exoticism that tinged all the arts of the century. Rameaus dance music is always quite suggestive, evocative of a movement or a pictorial atmosphere. As for the staging, Laura Scozzi brings her contemporary vision to these countries and travels. Filmed at the Bordeaux National Opera, this production marked the Rameau celebrations in 2014 and was unanimously hailed by the international press
Producers Opéra National de Bordeaux
Original title Rameau: Les Indes galantes
Directors Laura Scozzi
Writers

Cast

Amel Brahim-Djelloul

as Hébé / Fatime / Phani

Benoît Arnould

as Bellone / Alvar

Eugénie Warnier

as Roxane

Olivera Topalovic

as Amour / Zima

Vittorio Prato

as Osman

Judith van Wanroij

as Émilie / Atalide

Anders J. Dahlin

as Valère / Tacmas / Carlos / Damon

Nathan Berg

as Huascar

Thomas Dolié

as Adario