Hippolyte et Aricie / Jean-Philippe Rameau

Presented by Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (LR-228514). Hippolyte et Aricie Jean-Philippe Rameau One of the finest achievements of French lyric tragedy ("tragédie à la française"). Cyrille Dubois | HippolyteManon Lamaison | AricieMargaux Poguet | DianeEma Nikolovska | PhèdreAlex Rosen | ThéséeJean-Philippe McClish | Jupiter / Pluto / NeptuneLéontine Maridat-Zimmerlin | Œnone / High PriestessBastien Rimondi | Mercury / Follower of CupidClara Orif | Cupid / A Sailor / A Shepherdess / A Priestess NN | 2nd Fate / Arcas / Tisiphone Les Musiciens du LouvreMarc Minkowski | musical directionChœur de chambre de Rouen | direction Frédéric Pineau In a few words Hippolyte et Aricie is Rameau's first opera, having previously been celebrated mainly for his harpsichord works and theoretical treatises. The premiere took place in 1733 and met with great success, being staged more than 120 times between 1733 and 1767 (with numerous revisions over the years). Out of the thirty or so works he composed for the lyric stage, Hippolyte and the three subsequent tragedies, Castor et Pollux, Dardanus, and Zoroastre established him as the true successor to Lully. Production Théâtre des Champs-Élysées