Name: Phaëton
Start: 2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Théâtre National de Nice

Organization

Conductor

Jérôme Correas

Stage director

Éric Oberdorff

Assistant Director

Olivier Lexa

Set designer

Bruno de Lavenère

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Jean-Pierre Michel

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Aurélia Legay

Astrée

Deborah Cachet

Théone

Soprano

Chantal Santon Jeffery

Libye

Countertenor

Mark Van Arsdale

Phaëton

Jean-François Lombard

Triton

Bass-baritone

Gilen Goicoechea

Epaphus

Clymène

Frédéric Caton

Mérops

Arnaud Richard

Protée

Saturne

Bass

Jupiter

Les Paladins

Others

Nice Opera Choir

Orchestra

Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

Phaëton -  (Phaeton)

Nice

France

Théâtre National de Nice

Phaëton Lully

Public

Phaeton

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

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Tenor

Contralto

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

In France, Opera has always been about Power. Its brilliance reflects royal power, and it is no coincidence that the “French-style” Lyrical Tragedy was born during the time of Louis XIV. But someone overshadowed the Sun King: Superintendent Fouquet. He offered the king a sumptuous feast in his castle of Vaux. His meteoric rise made the king jealous, who imprisoned the financier who was too sure of his success.

Twenty years later, Lully sets the legend of Phaeton to music, who wanted to drive his father's chariot Helios, the Sun, set the universe on fire and was struck down by Jupiter. As a shrewd courtier as he was a good musician, Lully insisted on making Phaeton an ambitious man and not a clumsy one. The Sun King attended all the performances: vengeance is a dish that is eaten cold ... Lyrical Tragedy favored the meaning of the words sung over pure vocal virtuosity, alternated singing, choirs and danced entertainment, played d ' sophisticated machinery. It was a marvel of balance between the arts, between affects and passions.

Because Phaeton is also a story of love and love of power. The Lyric Tragedy held out for two centuries, until the French Revolution and the fall of the monarchy.

English

En France, l’Opéra a toujours eu trait au Pouvoir. Son éclat reflète la puissance royale, et ce n’est pas un hasard si la Tragédie lyrique « à la française » naît à l’époque de Louis XIV. Mais quelqu’un a fait de l’ombre au Roi-Soleil : le surintendant Fouquet. Il a offert au roi une fête somptueuse en son château de Vaux. Son ascension fulgurante a rendu jaloux le roi qui fait emprisonner le financier trop assuré de sa réussite.

Vingt ans plus tard, Lully met en musique la légende de Phaéton, qui voulut conduire le char de son père Hélios, le Soleil, incendia l’univers et fut foudroyé par Jupiter. En courtisan aussi avisé qu’il était bon musicien, Lully tint à faire de Phaéton un ambitieux et non un maladroit. Le Roi-Soleil assista à toutes les représentations : la vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid… La Tragédie lyrique privilégiait le sens des paroles chantées à la pure virtuosité vocale, faisait alterner le chant, les chœurs et les divertissements dansés, jouait d’une machinerie sophistiquée. Ce fut une merveille d’équilibre entre les arts, entre les affects et les passions.

Car Phaéton est aussi une histoire d’amour et d’amour du pouvoir. La Tragédie lyrique tint bon pendant deux siècles, jusqu’à la Révolution française et à la chute de la monarchie.

français

Phaeton by Lully, Ó (2022/2022), Faoi stiúir Éric Oberdorff,, Seoltóir Jérôme Correas, Théâtre National de Nice, Nice, France

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid