Report from the 13 November 2020
Rameau’s Hippolyte and Aricie at the Opéra Comique
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November 14th 2020 at 7 P.M: Hippolyte and Aricie from Jean-Philippe Rameau
For this production at the Opéra Comique, the title roles are sung by tenor Reinoud van Mechelen and soprano Elsa Benoit. In a staging by Jeanne Candel and Lionel Gonzalez, the couple are joined by Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, Séraphine Cotrez, Arnaud Richard, Eugénie Lefebvre and Lea Desandre. From the orchestra pit, the inimitable Raphael Pichon conducts the Pygmalion choir and orchestra.
