{"id":12157,"date":"2025-05-10T17:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/production\/rameau-castor-pollux\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T09:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:40:54","slug":"rameau-castor-pollux","status":"publish","type":"post-concert","link":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/en\/production\/rameau-castor-pollux\/","title":{"rendered":"Rameau, Castor &amp; Pollux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GTG_25-26_Opera_Castor_1200x1200px_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GTG_25-26_Opera_Castor_1200x1200px_01.jpg 900w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GTG_25-26_Opera_Castor_1200x1200px_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GTG_25-26_Opera_Castor_1200x1200px_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GTG_25-26_Opera_Castor_1200x1200px_01-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>In 2026, Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n will star at the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve, conducting <em>Castor et Pollux<\/em>, Jean-Philippe Rameau&#8217;s third opera with Cappella Mediterranea. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This opera explores the power of sacrifice and fraternal bonds in the face of divine laws. Pollux, immortal son of Jupiter, renounces his immortality to descend into the Underworld and bring his brother Castor back to life. Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n was invited to work with choreographer Edward Clug on this work, in which brotherly love, heroism and echoes of war are interwoven.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Jean-Philippe Rameau was already the author of numerous keyboard pieces, as well as religious and occasional pieces, but in 1733 he composed his first trag\u00e9die lyrique, <em>Hippolyte et Aricie. Les Indes galantes. <\/em>followed in 1735, and <em>Castor et Pollux<\/em> in 1737. In these five acts, punctuated by danced entertainments, the composer incorporates Italianate madrigalisms, virtuoso ornamentation, unusual chord progressions, subtle dissonances and rich orchestral textures, all designed to underline the characters&#8217; emotions and dramatic tensions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n and Romanian choreographer Edward Clug have decided to tackle the rarely-performed 1737 version, more innovative and subtle than the 1754 version. Against the backdrop of a war between two neighboring peoples that has left deep scars, Rameau paints an almost psychological portrait of the characters, in particular Pollux, torn between his love for T\u00e9la\u00efre, his brother Castor&#8217;s betrothed, and his duty to the latter. Willing to give up his immortality to save his fallen mortal brother, Pollux descends into the underworld to take his place. What we&#8217;re talking about here is a universal brotherhood that transcends everything &#8211; even death &#8211; and an unconditional love that overcomes the horrors of war.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n - Castor &amp; Pollux\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1082154406?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Libretto by Pierre-Joseph Bernard Version of 1737<br\/><br\/><br\/>First performed on October 24, 1737 by the Acad\u00e9mie royale de musique at the Palais-Royal in Paris<em><br\/><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n<\/strong> | <em>Musical Direction<\/em><br\/><strong><strong>Edward Clug<\/strong><\/strong> | <em>Stage Direction<\/em> and <em>Choreography<\/em><br\/><strong><strong>Marko Japelj<\/strong><\/strong> | <em>Set Design<\/em><br\/><strong><strong>Leo Kula\u0161<\/strong><\/strong> | <em><em>Costumes Design<\/em><\/em><br\/><strong><strong><strong>Toma\u017e Premzl<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> | <em><em>Lighting Design<\/em><\/em><br\/><strong><strong><strong>Rok Predin<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> | <em><em>Video Design<\/em><\/em><br\/><strong><strong>Mark Biggins<\/strong><\/strong> | <em>Choirmaster<\/em><strong><br\/><\/strong><br\/><strong>Reinoud van Mechelen<\/strong> | <em>Castor<\/em><br\/><strong>Andreas Wolf<\/strong> | <em>Pollux<\/em><br\/><strong>Sophie Junker<\/strong> | <em>T\u00e9la\u00efre<\/em><br\/><strong><strong>\u00c8ve-Maud Hubeaux<\/strong><\/strong> | <em>Ph\u00e9b\u00e9<\/em><br\/><strong><strong>Charlotte Bozzi<\/strong><\/strong> | <em>V\u00e9nus<\/em> \/ <em>Une Plan\u00e8te<\/em><br\/><strong><strong>Alexandre Duhamel<\/strong><\/strong> | <em>Mars<\/em> \/ <em>Jupiter<\/em> \/ <em>Athl\u00e8te 2 <\/em> <br\/><strong><strong>Giulia Bolcato<\/strong><\/strong> | <em>Minerve<\/em> \/ <em>Une suivante d\u2019H\u00e9b\u00e9<\/em> \/ <em>Une ombre heureuse<\/em><br\/><strong><strong>Sahy Ratia<\/strong><\/strong> | <em>Amour<\/em> \/ <em>Athl\u00e8te 1<\/em> \/ <em>Le grand pr\u00eatre<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cappella Mediterranea<br\/><strong>Ch\u0153ur du Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve<\/strong><\/strong><br\/><strong>Danseurs et danseuses du Ballet du Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"container\">\n\n\n\n    \n        <h2 class=\"titre-secondaire-basic\">Prochaines dates<\/h2>\n\n        \n            <div class=\"swiper-card-concert-current\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"nav-swipper-concert-current\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-card-concert-current-button-prev\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"swiper-card-concert-current-button-next\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    \n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pollux, immortal son of Jupiter, renounces his immortality to descend to the Underworld and bring his brother Castor back to life. Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n and Cappella Mediterranea will work with choreographer Edward Clug on this work, in which brotherly love, heroism and echoes of war intertwine. 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