Platée

Intro

Platée

Jean-Philippe Rameau

From 01/11/1999 in Ghent - from 14/11/1999 in Antwerp

  • Musical direction: Marc Minkowski
  • Director: Laurent Pelly
  • : Les Musiciens du Louvre
  • Platée: Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
  • La Folie/ Thalie: Mireille Delunsch
  • Thespis/ Mercure: Paul Agnew

Rameau’s "Platée" is one of few rare examples of comical French baroque opera. The opera consists of lot's of grotesque situations and fantastic aniomal evocations and is known as a masterpiece in the genre.

Practical

Surtitles: Dutch.

Team

  • Musical direction
    Marc Minkowski
  • Director
    Laurent Pelly
  • Set design
    Chantal Thomas
  • Costumes
    Laurent Pelly
  • Lightning
    Joël Adam
  • Chorus master
    Sébastien Rouland
  •  
  • Les Musiciens du Louvre
  • Platée
    Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
  • La Folie/ Thalie
    Mireille Delunsch
  • Thespis/ Mercure
    Paul Agnew
  • Jupiter
  • Junon
  • Cithéron/ Un Satyre
    Thierry Félix
  • L'Amour/ Clarine
    Cassandre Berthon
  • Momus
    Franck Leguérinel

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