Platee

Composer: Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Librettist/Text Author: Autreau, Jacques

Conductor: Minkowski, Marc

Orchestra: Musiciens du Louvre, Les

Chorus: Paris National Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Wu, Ching-Lien

Junon: Lesca, Adriana Bignagni

Jupiter: Teitgen, Jean

L'Amour, Clarine: Bounazou, Tamara

Mercure: Mechelen, Reinoud van

Momus: Mauillon, Marc

Platee: Brownlee, Lawrence

Thalie, La Folie: Fuchs, Julie

Thespis: Vidal, Mathias

Un Satyre, Citheron: Diaz, Nahuel Ruiz

Set Designer: Thomas, Chantal

Costume Designer: Pelly, Laurent

Lighting Designer: Adam, Joel

Choreographer: Scozzi, Laura

Stage Director: Pelly, Laurent

Television Director: Martin, Francois-Rene

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Date of Production: 06-2022

Venue: Palais Garnier, Paris

Playing Time: 02:33:22

Catalogue Number: BAC224

UPC: 3760115302242

Synopsis

Platee

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Jean-Philippe Rameau's Platee is a masterpiece of the French operatic repertoire and was highly regarded by critics during the composer's lifetime. Composed for the marriage of the Dauphin Louis, son of Louis XV, to the Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain, it was first performed at Versailles in 1745 and became an instant hit.

The plot revolves around the ugly and conceited frog Platee, the victim of a machination of the gods who make her believe that she is loved by Jupiter. Is this Rameau mocking Princess Maria Teresa of Spain - reputedly a woman of little beauty? Or the French court, which saw itself as a new Olympus?

This classic production from the Opera national de Paris by Marc Minkowski and Laurent Pelly returns to the stage with an entirely new cast, featuring Julie Fuchs, Mathias Vidal, Jean Teitgen and Lawrence Brownlee in the title-role.