Name: Thésée
Start: 2001-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2001-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Copley Theatre

Organization

Boston Early Music Festival

Chanteur

Ténor

Howard Crook

Thésée

Soprano

Laura Pudwell

Medee

Ellen Hargis

Æglé

Suzie LeBlanc

Cleone

Baryton

Bernard Deletré

Egée

Basse

Olivier Laquerre

Arcas

Direction d'orchestre

Paul O'Dette

Stephen Stubbs

Mise en scène

Gilbert Blin

Décors

Robin Linklater

Costumes

Chorégraphie

Lucy Graham

Kendra Colton

La prêtresse

Minerve

Ann Monoyios

Dorine

Lumières

Steven Rosen

Aaron Engebreth

un plaisir

Vénus

Paul Guttry

Mars

Jayne Tankersley

Cérès

Contre-ténor

Marc Molomot

Bacchus

Orchestra

Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra

français

Boston

États-Unis

Copley Theatre

Thésée Lully

Public

anglais

Valide

Lully's third opera, Thésée was first performed on January 10, 1675. It was a huge success at the premiere and at repeated revivals during the 17th and 18th centuries throughout France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Thésée was so popular that it remained in the repertory of the Paris Opera for more than a hundred years! BEMF's American première production—which will travel around the world—will represent the first fully staged professional performance of Thésée since 1789. Drawing on our experience from the 1997 and 1999 Festivals in producing the great Italian operas composed for the French court which paved the way for Lully's brilliant tragedies lyriques, we have assembled an all-star group of singers, instrumentalists, dancers and directors with years of specialization in 17th-century French performance practice.

Thésée is a feast for the eyes and ears. It is an extremely dramatic but lyrical work, with colorfully varied music, spectacular ballets, and brilliant special effects, from the frightful ghosts, monsters, and flying dragons of Hell to the delightful inhabitants of an Enchanted Island with their magical music and dance. The kaleidoscopic score includes exhilarating battle choruses with trumpets and drums, delicate trios for flutes and sopranos, dark, frightening choruses sung by evil spirits, tender love duets, moving laments, and a comic character dance featuring two old men desperately in love with younger women. The beautiful, melodious arias and love duets of Thésée survived as popular hits well into the 18th century, and were as well-known in their day as the beloved arias of Puccini and Verdi are today. A warning to first-time listeners: the tunes are addictive and will stay in your ears for weeks after the performance!

English

Thésée by Lully, ven. 15 juin 2001, Du (2001/2001), Dirigé par Gilbert Blin,, Chef d'orchestre Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Copley Theatre, Boston, États-Unis

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