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Recréation et décadence pour le Samson de Raphaël Pichon et Claus Guth au Festival d’Aix

Samson au Festival d'Aix
© Monika Rittershaus
Samson au Festival d'Aix
© Monika Rittershaus
Samson au Festival d'Aix
© Monika Rittershaus
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“En ressort toute la théâtralité recherchée en leur temps par Rameau et Voltaire”
Reviewed at Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence on 4 July 2024
Rameau, Samson
Raphaël Pichon, Conductor
Claus Guth, Director
Étienne Pluss, Set Designer
Ursula Kudrna, Costume Designer
Bertrand Couderc, Lighting Designer
Ensemble Pygmalion
Mathis Nitschke, Sound Design
rocafilm, Video
Yvonne Gebauer, Dramaturgy
Jarrett Ott, Samson
Jacquelyn Stucker, Dalila
Lea Desandre, Timna
Nahuel Di Pierro, Achisch
Laurence Kilsby, Elon
Julie Roset, L'Ange
Antonin Rondepierre, Un convive
Andréa Ferréol, La mère de Samson
Sommer Ulrickson, Choreography
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