Organization

Singer

Bass-baritone

Frédéric Caton

Eole/Arbas

Yoann Dubruque

Countertenor

Samuel Boden

Idamante

Roles, voice types, premiere cast Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, 12 January 1712 Idoménée	bass-baritone	Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard Eole/Arbas	bass-baritone	Charles Hardouin Idamante	haute-contre	Jacques Cochereau Ilione	soprano	Françoise Journet Arcas	haute-contre	Jean-Baptiste Buseau Dircé	soprano	Marie Antier Neptune/High sacrificer of Neptune

Soprano

Eva Zaïcik

Vénus

Protée

Victor Sicard

La Jalousie/Némésis

Enguerrand de Hys

Arcas

Chiara Skerath

Ilione

Tassis Christoyannis

Idoménée

Hélène Carpentier

Electre

Stage director

Alex Ollé

La Fura dels Baus

Conductor

Emmanuelle Haïm

Lighting designer

Urs Schönebaum

Costume designer

Lluc Castells

Set designer

Alfons Flores

Video designer

Emmanuel Carlier

Choreographer

Martin Harriague

Opéra de Lille

Orchestra

Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lille

Berlin Staatsoper

French

Idoménée -  (Idomeneus)

Lille

France

Opéra

Emmanuelle Haïm conducts the Concert d'Astrée in Idoménée by Campra, directed by Àlex Ollé from La Fura dels Baus, with Eva Zaïcik, Tassis Christoyannis, Samuel Boden, Hélène Carpentier...

 Concert given on October 02, 2021 at 6 p.m. at the Lille Opera.
 Remember: last season we were waiting for the return of Idoménée, a masterpiece of French Baroque opera that we had hardly been able to see on stage.  since the 18th century!  True to his promise, he came to Lille.  but in an intimate, minimalist version, cut out for the vagaries of a particular period.  A luxury for the authors and performers of the show, who were able to work a year in advance, as in a laboratory, under the watchful eye of the public.  On the strength of this preparation, the King of Crete can finally return under full sail: the Catalan Àlex Ollé, captain not long ago of a phenomenal Flying Dutchman, signs the staging here, responding with the explosive follies of the Fura dels Baus to the old excesses of baroque machines.  With, of course, Emmanuelle Haïm in a repertoire that is her natural habitat.  Known above all for his motets and his splendid requiem, André Campra deploys all his dramaturgical talent here, offering the orchestra a full role in the drama, to tell Venus unleashing her gusts with the powerful help of Neptune, while Éole breathes at the top of his lungs.  But, in the heart of the storm, will there still be hope for men for a little love?
 Distribution
 Emmanuelle Haïm: Artistic and musical direction
 Àlex Ollé / La Fura dels Baus: Staging
 Tassis Christoyannis: Idomeneo, King of Crete, Baritone
 Samuel Boden: Idamante, son of Idoménée, Tenor
 Hélène Carpentier: Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, Soprano
 Lucy Page: Ilione, Trojan Princess, daughter of King Priam, Soprano
 Eva Zaïcik: Venus, goddess of love and beauty, Mezzo-soprano
 Enguerrand de Hys: Arcas, confidant of Idoménée, Tenor
 Yoann Dubruque: Aeolus, god of the winds / Neptune, god of the seas, Baritone
 Victor Sicard: Jealousy / Nemesis, Goddess of Revenge, Baritone
 Frédéric Caton: Arbas, follower of Idamante / Proteus, marine deity, Bass
 Le Concert d'Astrée: Vocal and instrumental ensemble
 Alfons Flores: Scenography
 Lluc Castells: Suits
 Urs Schönebaum: Lights
 Emmanuel Carlier: Video
 Martin Harriague: Choreography
 Dantzaz Company: Dance

Idoménée Campra

Public

Idomeneus

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading