Name: Titon et l'Aurore
Start: 2021-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-01-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra-Comique

Organization

Singer

Gwendoline Blondeel

L’Aurore

Virginie Thomas

Nymphes

Maud Gnidzaz

Juliette Perret

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Titon

Julie Roset

Amour

Emmanuelle de Negri

Palès

Marc Mauillon

Eole

Renato Dolcini

Prométhée

Stage director

Basil Twist

Conductor

William Christie

Lighting designer

Jean Kalman

Costume designer

Set designer

Video designer

Daniel Brodie

Assistant Costume designer

Alain Blanchot

Constance Larrieu

Nymphe

Others

Les Arts Florissants

Opéra Comique

French

Titon et l'Aurore -  (Titon and the Dawn)

Paris

France

Opéra-Comique

Live from the famed Opéra-Comique in Paris, discover Titon et l’Aurore by Mondonville. This 1753 opera-ballet follows the tumultuous and seemingly unbreakable liaison between l’Aurore (“Dawn”), a goddess running from her immortal fate, and shepherd Titon. Basil Twist’s masterful staging and a typically impeccable performance by Les Arts Florissants, under the direction of William Christie, make this production a delight for the eyes and ears. The title roles are interpreted by star tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen and acclaimed soprano Gwendoline Blondeel, with Julie Roset as l’Amour, Emmanuelle de Negri as Palès, as well as Marc Mauillon and Renato Dolcini as Éole (Aeolus) and Prométhée (Prometheus).

Titon and the Aurora
'Heroic Pastoral' in a prologue and three acts by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711 - 1772)
Libretto by Antoine Houdar de la Motte
Premiered in Paris, Royal Academy of Music, January 9, 1753

Recording: January 19, 2021 - Opéra Comique | Paris
Realization :
Duration: 02:07

Titon et l'Aurore

Public

Titon and the Dawn

English

Approved

Titon et l'Aurore Mondonville

Agnès Terrier, playwright of the Opéra Comique, presents the keys to the show of Titon and the Dawn. Titon and the Dawn is a tale and an allegory. The shepherd Titon and the fugitive Aurora love each other, despite the passage of time and the jealousy of the gods. The climate is cloudy, nymphs and fauna are involved.

The spirit of pastoral care allowed eighteenth-century music to develop its evocative power by painting nature in all its facets. Behind the deities and shepherds who roam it sometimes passes a philosopher, dreaming of the condition of man...

This opera-ballet appeared in January 1753, in the midst of the "Querelle des Bouffons" triggered by supporters of Italian art. Opera was then a political affair: protected by the Pompadour, Mondonville federated the French camp by the elegance of its songs, the expressiveness of its orchestra, the variety of its effects. Especially since it was served by Jélyotte and Mlle Fel, Rameau's favorite performers.

For us, the Dawn and her shepherd open 2021 with a feast of the senses. Promoter of Mondonville, William Christie returns to the Opéra Comique with this major score. Trained in puppetry in France, Basil Twist deploys visual wonders. Statues, deities and elements come alive to the sound of Arts Florissants.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Co-Producer