Hippolyte et Aricie

Overview

In October 1733, the audience at the Académie Royale de Musique witnessed the birth of a revolutionary work: Hippolyte et Aricie. With its inventiveness and musical richness, Rameau’s opera marks a break in the history of French music. A similarly revolutionary duo – Jeanne Candel and Raphaël Pichon – get to grips with this work for the Opéra Comique.

Cast

Reinoud van Mechelen

Hippolyte

E

Elsa Benoit

Aricie

Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo

Phèdre

S

Stéphane Degout

Thésée

A

Arnaud Richard

Pluton