Watch online on play.operadeparis.frOpéra national de ParisRecorded at Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, Paris, France
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On demand until Tuesday 26 November 2030 23:59
Performers
| Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Teodor Currentzis | Conductor | |
| Peter Sellars | Director | |
| Joelle Aoun | Set Designer | |
| Camille Assaf | Costume Designer | |
| James F Ingalls | Lighting Designer | |
| Utopia | ||
| Utopia Choir | ||
| Alex MacInnis | Video | |
| Antonio Cuenca Ruiz | Dramaturgy | |
| Vitaly Polonsky | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Cal Hunt | Choreography | |
| Reinoud Van Mechelen | Tenor | Castor |
| Marc Mauillon | Baritone | Pollux |
| Jeanine De Bique | Soprano | Télaïre |
| Stéphanie d'Oustrac | Mezzo-soprano | Phébé |
| Nicholas Newton | Bass-baritone | Jupiter, Athlete, Mars |
| Natalia Smirnova | Soprano | Vénus |
| Laurence Kilsby | Tenor | Grand-Prêtre de Jupiter, Athlete, L'Amour |
| Claire Antoine | Soprano | Minerve |
A return to its roots for Castor et Pollux, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s lyric tragedy first performed in 1737 at the Académie royale and inspired by the mythological episode of the Gemini.
Rarely performed in its original version – the score was reworked by Rameau himself in 1754 –, this daring work plays on contrasts and expressiveness, as in the famous “Tristes apprêts”. The aria is sung by Télaïre mourning the death of her fiancé Castor, killed in battle, before his twin brother Pollux descends into the Underworld to ask his father, Jupiter, to bring him back to life.
While this opera celebrates brotherly love, its prologue poses an essential question for director Peter Sellars: how do you stop a war and its attendant hatred and resentment?
Reviews of Castor et Pollux directed by Peter Sellars
