Boismortier's Don Quichotte chez la duchesse at Versailles
About the Event
Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel perform Boismortier's opera ballet after Cervantes in the prestigious Royal Opera of Versailles.
Cast / Production
Opera‐ballet comique in three acts to a libretto by Charles‐Simon Favart after Cervantes, premièred at the Academie Royale de Musique in Paris in 1743.
Mathias Vidal Don Quichotte
Chantal Santon Jeffery Altisidore, The Queen of Japan
Marc Labonnette Sancho Pança
Nicolas Certenais Montesinos, Merlin, The Translator
Lucie Edel The Farmer, A Lover, A Following
Charles Barbier A Lover
Gilles Benizio The Duke, The Japanese
Corinne Benizio The Spanish
Le Concert Spirituel Choir and Orchestra
Hervé Niquet Director
Corinne and Gilles Benizio (alias Shirley and Dino) Stage direction
Cie La Feuille d'Automne
Philippe Lafeuille Choreography
Daniel Bevan Sets
Anaïs Heureaux and Charlotte Winter Costumes
Jacques Rouveyrollis Lighting
Elisabeth Geiger Chorus Master
Pauline Jolly Assistant Director
Jessica Duclos Lighting Assistant
Performance in French with French and English surtitles
