“A unanimous standing ovation at Paris Bastille for Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes, performed by Leonardo García Alarcón’s ensemble, Cappella Mediterranea, directed by Clément Cogitore and choreographed by Bintou Dembélé. It is not only a Baroque delight, but a delight in and of itself.”
In an enchanted palace-labyrinth, the sorcerer Atlantes imprisons knights and ladies and drives them mad. The story unfolds through a series of inventive and intriguing lamenti, arias and ensembles that bloom during an ephemeral Roman spring.
This opera was ahead of its time, thanks to its style, themes, theatricality and vocal arrangements. Leonardo García Alarcón and Jean-Yves Ruf bring this masterpiece back to the French stage at last!