"A candy-coloured Baroque dream" - Salzburger Nachrichten
Jean-Jacques Rousseau hailed Platée as "the finest musical work ever heard in our theatres". In Robert Carsen's production, the mythological events unfold in the world of Parisian haute couture and Jupiter is portrayed as the fashion god Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019), now actually transported to Olympus. This ingenious and successful transposition of this satirical opera into the present day has long been a success. Renowned baroque music specialist William Christie conducts his Les Arts Florissants, the Arnold Schoenberg Chor and a fantastic cast.
Title available in Spain and Latin America.
Lyrical comedy with prologue in three acts
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Libretto by Adrien-Joseph le Valois d'Orville, based on “Platée ou Junon jalouse” by Jacques Autreau
Premiered at the Grande Écurie, on 31 March 1745
Les Arts Florissants
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Artistic team
Conductor | William Christie
Stage director | Robert Carsen
Chorus master | Erwin Ortner, Roger Díaz-Cajamarca
Choreography | Nicolas Paul
Cast
Platée | Marcel Beekman
La Folie | Jeanine de Bique
Mercurio/Thespis | Cyril Auvity
Cithéron/Momus | Marc Mauillon
Jupiter | Edwin Crossley-Mercer
Clarine/Amour | Emmanuelle de Negri
Junon | Emilie Renard
Thalie | Ilona Revolskaya
Mommuss | Padraic Rowan
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