Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (DVD)
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Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (DVD)
Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Artists: Reinoud Van Mechelen, Elsa Benoit, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, Stéphane Degout, Séraphine Cotrez, Arnaud Richard, Eugénie Lefebvre, Lea Desandre, Edwin Fardini, Pygmalion Chorus & Orchestra
Conductor: Raphaël Pichon
Director: Jeanne Candel
Video Format: NTSC 16:9
Sound Format: PCM Stereo; DTS 5.1
Language: French
Subtitles: French, English, German, Japanese, Korean
Region: All Regions
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Naxos
DVD Release Date: November 12, 2021
Run Time: 140 minutes
Rameau’s first opera, Hippolyte et Aricie, delivered a lyrical tragedy of such extraordinary intensity it changed the course of French music, stunning and overwhelming its audiences. This breathtaking spectacle involves prince Hippolyte, who asks his mother-in-law Queen Phèdre for help in wooing the beautiful Aricie, little knowing that Phèdre secretly wants Hippolyte for herself. In a single work, Rameau re-invented tragédie en musique with dramatic expressiveness and shocking harmonic innovations. It is seen here in an acclaimed Opéra Comique production that personifies Rameau’s assertion that “music must speak to the soul; its true aim must be to express thoughts, feelings, and passions.”
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