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Donald Macleod devotes his final programme to Rameau's final opera Les Boreades, which had to wait almost 300 years for its first staging.

Donald Macleod devotes his final programme on Rameau to the composer's final opera Les Boreades, an astonishing work that, incredibly, had to wait almost 300 years for its first staging.

Alphise ...... Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Semire ...... Anna-Maria Panzarella (soprano)
Une Nymphe ...... Jael Azzaretti (soprano)
Abaris ...... Paul Agnew (tenor)
Calisis ...... Toby Spence (tenor)
Boree ...... Laurent Naouri (baritone)
Borilee ...... Stephane Degout (baritone)
Apollon ...... Nicolas Rivenq (baritone)
Opera National de Paris
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor).

1 hour

Music Played

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Dardanus: Overture

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
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  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Hippolyte et Aricie: Rossignols amoureux (Act V Finale)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
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  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Dardanus: Prologue (excerpts)

    Singer: Mireille Delunsch. Singer: Fran莽oise Masset. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
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  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Dardanus: Act I Scene 3 (excerpt)

    Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Singer: Laurent Naouri. Singer: Russell Smythe. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
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  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (excerpts)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
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  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Dardanus: Act IV Scene 1

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
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