Hippolyte et Aricie

Nov 14, 2020

2h 20m

★ 0.0

Overview

In October 1733, the audience at the Académie Royale de Musique witnessed the birth of a revolutionary work: Hippolyte et Aricie. With its inventiveness and musical richness, Rameau’s opera marks a break in the history of French music. A similarly revolutionary duo – Jeanne Candel and Raphaël Pichon – get to grips with this work for the Opéra Comique.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Opéra Comique

ARTE

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Cast

Hippolyte

Reinoud van Mechelen

Aricie

Elsa Benoit

Phèdre

Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo

Thésée

Stéphane Degout

Pluton

Arnaud Richard

Diane

Eugénie Lefebvre

La Grande-Prêtresse de Diane

Lea Desandre

Tisiphone

Edwin Fardini

Mercure

Guillaume Gutierre

Le Cerf

Yves-Noël Genod

Troisième Parque

Virgile Ancely

Œnone

Séraphine Cotrez

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