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Donald Macleod鈥檚 survey of Jean-Philipps Rameau鈥檚 opera comes to 鈥淒ardanus鈥�, arguably among his most inspired creations.
At his death in 1764, Rameau, by then an octogenarian, had more than 30 stage works to his credit. It鈥檚 a remarkable achievement when you consider he produced his first opera at the age of 50. Up to that point, although details about his life are surprisingly patchy, he appears to have held a succession of posts in the provinces, as an organist, teacher and theoretician, seemingly without even a whiff of greasepaint. Then, at an age when one might assume his chosen path was settled, Rameau upped sticks, came back to Paris and conquered the stage with breathtaking speed.

Across the week Donald Macleod focusses on those heady, initial years in the French capital, building a picture of what made Rameau into a highly successful, if controversial, theatrical composer.

Rameau was an innovator who found new ways of writing for different combinations of instruments and voices. Today Donald explores how he used this ability in his operas.

Overture to Dardanus
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski, director

Hippolyte et Aricie (Act 5)
Rossignols amoureux
Carolyn Sampson, soprano, a shepherdess
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore, director

Dardanus, (Prologue, excerpt)
Mireille Delunsch soprano, V茅nus
Fran莽oise Masset, soprano, Amour
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski, director

Dardanus (Act 1, Sc 3)
Entr茅e pour les Guerriers
Magdalena Ko啪en谩, soprano, 1stPhrygienne
Laurent Naouri, baritone, Ant茅nor
Russell Smythe, baritone, Teucer
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski, director

Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin
Les tricotets
尝鈥檌苍诲颈蹿蹿别谤别苍迟别
La poule
濒鈥檈苍丑补谤尘辞苍颈辩耻别
濒鈥櫭ゞ颈辫迟颈别苍苍别
Angela Hewitt, piano

Dardanus (Act 4, Sc 1)
Lieux funestes
John Mark Ainsley, tenor Dardanus
Les musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski, director