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Judith van Wanroij

Ariane

Véronique Gens

Junon

La Nymphe de la Seine

Mathias Vidal

Bacchus

Hélène Carpentier

Un Songe

Terpsichore

Dircée

Marie Perbost

La Gloire

Corcine

David Witczak

Adraste

Tomislav Lavoie

Le Roi

Un Sacrificateur

Philippe Estèphe

Le Deuxième matelot

Lycas

Phobétor

Phantase

Alecton Marine Lafdal-Franc

L'Amour

Elise

La Naxienne

Conductor

Hervé Niquet

David Tricou

Un Plaisir

Un Suivant du Roi

Le Premier matelot

Mercure

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Fabien Armengaud

Matthieu Lécroart

Géralde

Jupiter

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Ariadne and Bacchus

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Opera in concert version - Marin Marais' first “solo” musical tragedy.
Known as a performer and author of pieces for the viola da gamba, Marin Marais was also an opera musician and even conductor of the orchestra for several years. He composed four lyrical tragedies, one of which, Ariadne and Bacchus, has yet to be rediscovered. Libretto rich in contrasting characters and situations, dense and dramatic score, colorful orchestration: it is unquestionably one of the centerpieces of the second half of the reign of Louis XIV, whose revival is due to the Center de Musique Baroque de Versailles.

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Musical tragedy in a prologue and five acts (1696)
Libretto by Saint-Jean, inspired by the tragedy "Ariane" by Thomas Corneille and the heroic comedy by Jean Donneau de Visé "Les Amours" or "Le Mariage de Bacchus et d'Ariane".

0:00 Credits
1:33 Prologue
19:15 ACT I
44:24 ACT II
1:09:43 ACT III
1:30:26 ACT IV
1:50:05 ACT V

The full program is available here: https://fr.calameo.com/read/003045515...

DISTRIBUTION
Judith van Wanroij | Ariadne
Veronique People | Juno / The Nymph of the Seine
Mathias Vidal | Bacchus / A Dream
Helene Carpentier | Terpsichore / Dircée / A Dream
Marie Perbost | The Glory / Corcine
Matthew Lecroart | Geralde / Jupiter
David Witczak | Adraste
Tomislav Lavoie | The King / A Priest
Philippe Estephe | Pan / The Second Sailor / Lycas / Phobetor / Phantase / Alecton
Marine Lafdal-Franc | Love / Elise / The Naxienne
David Tricou | A Pleasure / A King's Attendant / The First Sailor / Mercury

Hervé Niquet | direction
Orchestra and Choir Le Concert Spirituel
The Cantors of the Baroque Music Center of Versailles | direction Fabien Armengaud

COPRODUCTION Théâtre des Champs-Elysées / Baroque Music Center of Versailles / Concert Spirituel

A film directed by Stéphane Vérité
A co-production Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Baroque Music Center of Versailles, The Spiritual Concert and Oxymore

With the participation of La Caisse des Dépôts / Patron of the audiovisual broadcasts of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Ariadne and Bacchus Marais

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Ariane and Bacchus by Marin Marais, Monday April 4, 2022:https://bit.ly/arianebacchus

Hervé Niquet tells us about Ariane and Bacchus

Known as a performer and author of pieces for the viola da gamba, Marin Marais was also an opera musician and even conductor of the orchestra for several years. He composed four lyrical tragedies, one of which, Ariadne and Bacchus , has yet to be rediscovered. Libretto rich in contrasting characters and situations, dense and dramatic score, colorful orchestration: it is unquestionably one of the centerpieces of the second half of the reign of Louis XIV, whose revival we owe to the Center de Musique Baroque de Versailles.

Connu comme interprète et auteur de pièces pour la viole de gambe, Marin Marais était aussi musicien d’opéra et même chef de l’orchestre durant plusieurs années. Il composa quatre tragédies lyriques dont l’une, Ariane et Bacchus, reste encore à redécouvrir. Livret riche en personnages et en situations contrastés, partition dense et dramatique, orchestration colorée : c’est incontestablement l’une des pièces maîtresses de la seconde moitié du règne de Louis XIV dont on doit la renaissance au Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.

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Ariadne and Bacchus by Marais, M., From (2022/2022), Conductor Hervé Niquet, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France

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