Jean-Baptiste Lully's 1676 masterpiece, nicknamed ‘the King's opera’ because it was so dear to Louis XIV, Atys established a new operatic tradition in France and marked the history of opera well into the 19th century. In 2022, Leonardo García-Alarcón teamed up with choreographer Angelin Preljocaj to stage this lyrical tragedy in a production full of poetry, premiered at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and recorded at the Opéra Royal de Versailles in 2022. Then recorded in 2023 at the Grand Manège in Namur, it now appears in a double CD/DVD box set on the Château de Versailles Spectacles label.
Monteverdi’s last opera is also the first masterpiece of the genre, extraordinarily and enduringly modern. Here, it is filmed at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, with a young and committed cast, guided through a mafia-baroque world by director Ted Huffman and the sensational Leonardo García Alarcón!
Il Giasone, Dramma musicale, en un prologue et 3 actes créé le 5 janvier 1649, alterne tragique et bouffonnerie sans rester fidèle à la légende mythologique de Jason et Médée, dirigé par celui qui est devenu le grand ambassadeur de la musique de Cavalli, Leonardo Garcia Alarcón.
When this production of Cavalli’s Elena was recorded at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in July 2013, the opera had not been performed for over 350 years. The international press hailed this rediscovery as a major event in opera history. It brings together the imaginative staging of Jean-Yves Ruf, an exceptional cast of young singers united by the Académie du Festival Aixois, the talented musicians of Cappella Mediterranea and the theatrical flair of conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcón.