Rameau: Platée (Blu-Ray) – Lawrence Brownlee, Julie Fuchs

Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Artists: Lawrence Brownlee, Julie Fuchs, Jean Teitgen, Marc Mauillon, Nahuel di Pierro, Mathias Vidal, Reinoud van Mechelen, Tamara Bounazou, Adriana Bignani Lesca, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Chœurs de l’Opéra de Paris
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Director: Laurent Pelly
Video Format: BD50 16:9
Sound Format: PCM 2.0 / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Region: All Regions
Language: French
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: BelAir Classiques
Run Time: 153 minutes
Release Date: January 5, 2024

Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Platée is a masterpiece of the French operatic repertoire and was highly regarded by critics during the composer’s lifetime. Composed for the marriage of the Dauphin Louis, son of Louis XV, to the Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain, it was first performed at Versailles in 1745 and became an instant hit. 

The plot concerns the ugly and conceited frog Platée, the victim of a machination of the gods who make her believe that she is loved by Jupiter. Is this Rameau mocking Princess Maria Teresa of Spain – reputedly a woman of little beauty? Or the French court, which saw itself as a new Olympus? This classic production from the Opéra de Paris by Marc Minkowski and Laurent Pelly returns to the stage with an entirely new cast, featuring Julie Fuchs, Mathias Vidal, Jean Teitgen and Lawrence Brownlee.

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