Les Indes Galantes
Opéra National de Paris - Opéra Bastille, September 26 - October 15 2019
Opera in four acts and a prologue, 1735 In French
A masterpiece of the Enlightenment, «Les Indes galantes» at the first glance appears as a sparkling entertainment. Yet Jean-Philippe Rameau’s first opera-ballet also testifies of the ambiguous view held by the Europeans concerning other peoples - Turks, Incas; Persians, «Savages»… In 2017, film director Clément Cogitore made an explosive and critically acclaimed film adaption of an extract from «Les Indes galantes» in collaboration with Krump dancers. This time, with choreographer Bintou Dembélé, he takes up Rameau’s box of delights in its entirety to set it once more in an urban and political space whose frontiers he explores.
«Best performance 2020» Oper ! Awards - Berlin, Germany
«10 Best Operas of the year 2019» New York Times - USA «Best Opera production 2019» Giornale della Musica Award - Italy
«Audience Award 2019» Forum Opéra Award - France
Music : Jean-Philippe Rameau Libretto : Louis Fuzelier Conductor : Leonardo García Alarcón Director : Clément Cogitore Choreography : Bintou Dembélé Set design : Alban Ho Van, Ariane Bromberger Costumes : Wojciech Dziedzic Lighting design : Sylvain Verdet Dramaturgy : Simon Hatab Musical dramaturgy : Katharina Lindekens Chorus master: Thibault Lenaerts Orchestre Cappella Mediterranea Chœur de chambre de Namur Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Chœur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris Compagnie Rualité
DISTRIBUTION Sabine Devieilhe : Hébé, Phani, Zima Florian Sempey : Bellone, Adario Jodie Devos : L’amour, Zaïre Edwin-Crossley-Mercer : Osman, Ali Julie Fuchs : Emilie, Fatime Mathias Vidal : Valère, Tacmas Alexandre Duhamel : Huascar, Don Alvar Stanislas de Barbeyrac : Don Carlos, Damon