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ONP Bastille, Monday September 30 2019 Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón. Production: Clément Cogitore. Choreography: Bintou Dembélé. Sets: Alban Ho Van, Ariane Bromberger. Costumes: Wojciech Dziedzi. Lighting: Sylvain Verdet. PROLOGUE Hébé: Sabine Devieilhe. Bellone: Florian Sempey. L'amour: Jodie Devos. ENTREE I – Le turc généreux (The Generous Turk) Osman: Edwin Crossley-Mercer. Émilie: Julie Fuchs. Valère: Mathias Vidal. ENTREE II – Les incas du Pérou (The Incas of Peru) Huascar: Alexandre Duhamel. Phani: Sabine Devieilhe. Don Carlos: Stanislas de Barbeyrac. ENTREE III – Les fleurs (The Flowers) Tacmas: Mathias Vidal. Ali: Edwin Crossley-Mercer. Zaïre: Jodie Devos. Fatime: Julie Fuchs. ENTREE IV – Les sauvages (The Indians) Adario: Florian Sempey. Damon: Stanislas de Barbeyrac. Don Alvar: Alexandre Duhamel. Zima: Sabine Devieilhe. Cappella Mediterranea. Namur Chamber Choir. Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine/Paris Opera Children’s Choir. Compagnie Rualité dancers....

Opéra National de Paris - Palais Garnier - September 17 2003 Conductor: William Christie. Production: Andrei Serban. Les Arts Florissants. I realized, as this revival approached, rather to my surprise, that I have probably only ever heard Les Indes Galantes performed by Christie and Les Arts Florissants, whether on CD or in the theatre, in Alfredo Arias' "punk" production and in this one in the Paris opera repertoire. Rameau Rameau's "Opéra-Ballet" in a prologue and four acts has no continuous storyline, it's simply a series of vignettes. As such, it is probably konzept -proof. Serban's approach is faux-naïf , a story-book production for adult children, close in spirit to British pantomime (though this would be pretty chic as pantomimes go), complete with pantomime dame (Bellone is played as a petulant baroque drag-queen), in which Turks have giant turbans, sailors wear broad white trousers and striped jerseys, pirates have huge styrofoam musc...