Pollux, immortal son of Jupiter, renounces his immortality to descend to the Underworld and bring his brother Castor back to life. Leonardo García-Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea will work with choreographer Edward Clug on this work, in which brotherly love, heroism and echoes of war intertwine.
Le Grand Théâtre se fait une joie d’accueillir pour la première fois en son sein le chef-d’œuvre de Rameau sous la direction du chef presque genevois Leonardo García Alarcón avec Cappella Mediterranea.
“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!