Hippolyte et Aricie, Glyndebourne opera review London Evening


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In Glyndebourne's first-ever staging of an opera by Rameau, director Jonathan Kent presents a production which, in his own words, 'strives to appeal to every.


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Glyndebourne 2013: Hippolyte et Aricie podcast - audio. 18 Jul 2013. Glyndebourne 2013: Hippolyte et Aricie - synopsis and cast/creatives. 25 Jul 2013. Sarah Connolly: from triumph to tragedy.


Hippolyte et Aricie / Curtain Call / Glyndebourne 18 August 2013

When Hippolyte et Aricie was premiered in 1733, it was considered radically inventive. So it's appropriate that Glyndebourne should present Rameau with the same spirit of adventure. William Christie has shown many times before that baroque thrives on daring and panache. Thus the Prologue in this production starts with a shock calculated to.


Hippolyte et Aricie, Glyndebourne opera review London Evening

Hippolyte et Aricie was Rameau's first work for the stage, written when he was nearly 50 and first performed in Paris in 1733. Glyndebourne's new production - its first ever Rameau - is directed.


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Jonathan Kent and William Christie's 2013 Hippolyte et Aricie was Glyndebourne's first-ever French Baroque opera production, and proved to be a smash hit, with critics declaring, "Few nights at the opera will be as rewarding as this one." (The Arts Desk) Kent's incredibly engaging modern staging intertwined with the cast's captivating.


Hippolyte et Aricie, by JeanPhiippe Rameau Le Concert d'Astrée

Hippolyte et Aricie was Rameau's first work for the stage, written when he was nearly 50 and first performed in Paris in 1733. Glyndebourne's new production - its first ever Rameau - is directed.


Explore Hippolyte et Aricie Glyndebourne

When Hippolyte et Aricie was premiered in 1733, it was considered radically inventive. So it's appropriate that Glyndebourne should present Rameau with the same spirit of adventure. William Christie has shown many times before that baroque thrives on daring and panache. Thus the Prologue in this production starts with a shock calculated to.


Hippolyte et Aricie

Hippolyte et Aricie Explore Jean-Philippe Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie in our archive. Watch Hippolyte et Aricie on demand GLYNDEBOURNE ENCORE. The 2013 production of Hippolyte et Aricie is available to watch on demand by subscribing to Glyndebourne Encore - our streaming service.


Hippolyte et Aricie (Glyndebourne 2013) JeanPhilippe Rameau

For its belated first foray into French Baroque opera, Glyndebourne chose Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie and wisely invited William Christie to conduct.. And it seemed sensible to put the director.


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Hippolyte et Aricie was Rameau's first work for the stage, written when he was nearly 50. It is also Glyndebourne's first opera by Rameau and will strike audiences, as it did in Paris in 1733, with its richness of invention. This production reunites the team who created such a dazzling entertainment with Purcell's The Fairy Queen.


Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie

Diana, chaste goddess of the moon and the hunt, and Cupid, god of love, argue over who will dominate. Their quarrel is settled by Jupiter, who decrees that love will rule over all hearts for one day every year. Diana vows to protect the mortals Hippolytus (Hippolyte) and Aricia (Aricie).


Hippolyte et Aricie trailer Glyndebourne Encore

Glyndebourne 2013: Hippolyte et Aricie - synopsis and cast/creatives. Thu 25 Jul 2013 13.10 EDT. Synopsis. Prologue Diana, chaste goddess of the moon and the hunt, and Cupid, god of love, argue.


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Hippolyte et Aricie (1733) at Glyndebourne, though never dull, did not provoke that same urge. The hunter-goddess Diana, frigid and stately, resides in the freezer along with a range of chilly.


Hippolyte et Aricie

Jonathan Kent's production of Hippolyte et Aricie which, in his own words, 'strives to appeal to every sense and show audiences how engrossing and musically ravishing French Baroque opera can be'. Jonathan Kent's five-star production with Ed Lyon (Hippolyte), Christiane Karg (Aricie) and Sarah Connolly (Phèdre). Conductor William Christie leads the Orchestra of the Age Of Enlightenment.


Hippolyte et Aricie, Glyndebourne opera review London Evening

Jean-Philippe Rameau wrote Hippolyte et Aricie in 1733 at the age of 50. It was his first opera and his greatest. In its five acts, its visits to the woods of Diana, the groves of Venus, the fires of Pluto and the domestic meltdown in the house of Phaedra, is some of the most assured, inventive and stylish music ever written for the stage. As operatic debuts go, it is a miracle.


Hippolyte et Aricie, Glyndebourne Festival Opera The Arts Desk

Hippolyte et Aricie has tragic elements in the suicide of Phaedra and the humbling of Theseus, but it also has a rather forced happy ending imposed, rather than having Hippolytus killed. While Hippolyte has not yet yet been performed in Scotland, the Glyndebourne staging of 2013 featured in a relay to cinemas. The British premiere in 1965 was.