Le Concert d’Astrée

Porpora. Polifemo

music theatre

evocative

timeless

Wed 16 Oct 2024 -20.00

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Opéra de Lille

start	20.00
Voor iedereen vanaf 16 jaar
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Standard €60.00 - €79.00

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Dramatic love and heroic victories

Polifemo is the dramatic and exciting story of Polyphemus, the cyclops who waylays Odysseus on his long journey home from the Trojan War. The opera reveals the small, human aspects of Greek mythology. In this tragic work, Nicola Porpora pushed the rigid boundaries of opera. Together with librettist Paolo Rolli, he created a magical performance, a magic that Le Concert d'Astrée and director Bruno Ravella continued to generate centuries later.

programme

Nicola Antonio Porpora (1686-1768)
Polifemo

(with French surtitles)

performers

Le Concert d'Astrée: ochestra
Emmanuelle Haïm: musical direction
Bruno Ravella: director
John Wilkie: revival director
Annemarie Woods: costume & set design
D.M. Wood: lighting design
Simon Proust: musical assistance
Kangmin Justin Kim: Aci
Marie Lys: Galatea
Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian: Ulisse
Delphine Galou: Calypso
José Coca Loza: Polifemo
Florie Valiquette: Nerea

production: Opéra du Rhin (Strasbourg) & Opéra de Lille