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Lave incandescente en quête d’oxygène : Hippolyte et Aricie au TCE

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“la folie de la scène finale laisse bouche bée”
Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 26 May 2019
Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie (Concert performance)
Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor
Cyrille Dubois, Hippolyte
Mélissa Petit, Aricie
Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Phèdre
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Thésée
Hamida Kristoffersen, Diane
Zhang Wen Wei, Pluton
Spencer Lang, Tenor
Gemma Ní Bhriain, Mezzo-soprano
Aurélia Legay, Soprano
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