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