Name: Les Boréades
Start: 2023-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Organization

Conductor

György Vashegyi

Singer

Soprano

Sabine Devieilhe

Alphise

Tenor

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Abaris

Baritone

Thomas Dolié

Borée

Tassis Christoyannis

Adamas

Apollon

Benedikt Kristjánsson

Calisis

Philippe Estèphe

Borilée

Gwendoline Blondeel

Sémire

Une nymphe

Polymnie

Amour

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Orchestra

Orfeo Orchestra

Others

Purcell Choir

Centre de musique baroque de Versailles

French

Les Boréades -  (The Boreads)

Paris

France

Les Boréades Rameau

Private

Public

The Boreads

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Bass

Contralto

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Ultime tragédie lyrique de Rameau, Les Boréades étaient destinées aux Fêtes Royales célébrant la fin de la Guerre de Sept Ans. La disparition du musicien quelques semaines après le début des répétitions plongea l’ouvrage dans l’oubli où il resta pendant près de 250 ans jusqu’à sa renaissance en 1964 et sa présentation en scène au Festival d’Aix au début des années 80 puis son entrée au répertoire de l’Opéra de Paris en 2003. Et pourtant, Les Boréades sont sans nul doute parmi les pages les plus accomplies de Rameau : le drame est puissant, l’écriture pour l’orchestre et le chœur d’une folle virtuosité et l’invention mélodique permanente. Et quelle distribution réunie ici, Sabine Devieilhe, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Thomas Dolié, Tassis Christoyannis,… pour servir ce que l’on peut considérer comme le testament musical de Rameau.

Coproduction Théâtre des Champs-Elysées | Sysart Ltd Orfeo Music Foundation | Centre de musique baroque de Versailles

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Rameau’s last lyric tragedy, Les Boréades, was intended for the Fêtes Royales festivities celebrating the end of the Seven Years’ War. The death of the musician several weeks after the start of rehearsals meant that the work languished in obscurity for almost 250 years until it was revived in 1964, staged at the Festival d’Aix in the early 1980s, and included in the repertoire of the Opéra de Paris in 2003. Yet Les Boréades is undoubtedly one of Rameau’s finest works: the drama is powerful and the writing for orchestra and chorus is full of virtuosity and sustained melodic invention. A stellar cast has been assembled, including Sabine Devieilhe, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Thomas Dolié, and Tassis Christoyannis, to perform what is considered to be Rameau’s definitive work.

Coproduction Théâtre des Champs-Elysées | Sysart Ltd Orfeo Music Foundation | Centre de musique baroque de Versailles | Haydneum – Hungarian Centre for Early Music

The Boreads by Rameau, Sat 23 Sep 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor György Vashegyi, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France

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Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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Venues