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Opera Matinee: Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie, plus more from New Zealand's top orchestras - music by Debussy, Ethel Smyth and Salina Fisher. Presented by Georgia Mann.

Hippolyte et Aricie, Rameau's first opera, could equally well have been called Theseus and Phaedra. In this tangled tale from Ancient Greece, the lovers Hippolytus and Aricia struggle against the odds, the gods and Hippolytus's father King Theseus and predatory stepmother Phaedra. There's no happy ending for one couple... but will there be for the other? This stunning production was performed for an online audience at the Op茅ra Comique in Paris last November.

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (1757 version)
Hippolytus 鈥�.. Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Aricia 鈥�.. Elsa Benoit (soprano)
Theseus, King of Athens, Hippolyte's father 鈥�.. St茅phane Degout (baritone)
Phaedra, Hippolytus's stepmother 鈥�.. Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo (mezzo-soprano)
Oenone, Phaedra's confidante 鈥�.. S茅raphine Cotrez (mezzo-soprano)
Neptune, Pluto 鈥�.. Arnaud Richard (bass-baritone)
Diana ..... Eug茅nie Lefebvre (soprano)
Diana's Priestess, huntress, shepherdess, sailor 鈥�.. L茅a Desandre (mezzo-soprano)
Tisiphone, a Fury ..... Edwin Fardini (baritone)
Other roles sung by Constantin Goubet, Arcas Martial Pauliat, Virgile Ancely, Guillaume Gutierrez, Victor Gkoritsas, Yves-No毛l Genod, Iliana Belkhadra and Leena Zinsou Bode-Smith
Pygmalion Ensemble and Chorus
Conductor Rapha毛l Pichon

4.15pm
Ethel Smyth: Overture to 'The Boatswain's Mate'
Auckland Philharmonia
Conductor Tianyi Lu

Salina Fisher: Tupaia (world premi猫re)
New Zealand SO
Conductor Edo de Waart

4.30pm
Debussy: Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune
New Zealand SO
Hamish McKeich