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Lully's Alceste: Opéra Royal de Versailles

About the Event

Lully's lyric tragedy in five acts come to the prestigious stage of the Royal Opera of Versailles in a concert version performed by Les Épopées with Véronique Gens in the title role.

Cast / Production

Lyric tragedy in five acts with prologue to a libretto by Philippe Quinault, premièred at the Jeu de Paume de Bel‐Air in Paris in 1674.

Véronique Gens Alceste
Cyril Auvity Admète
Luigi De Donato Alcide
Luc Bertin‐Hugault Lycomède, Charon
Camille Poul Cephise, Nymphe des Tuileries
Léo Vermot‐Desroches Lycas, Phérès, Alecton, Apollon
Geoffroy Buffière Cléante, Straton, Pluton, Eole
Claire Lefilliâtre La Gloire, Femme affligée
Cécile Achille Nymphe, Ombre, Nymphe de la Seine
Juliette Mey Proserpine, Diane, Thétis, Nymphe de la Marne

Chœur de l’Opéra Royal
Les Épopées
Stéphane Fuget Conductor
Lucile de Trémiolles Choirmaster

Concert in French with French and English surtitles.

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