Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / van Mechelen, Benoit, Pichon, Pygmalion [Blu-ray]
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Rameauâs first opera Hippolyte et Aricie delivered a lyrical tragedy of such extraordinary intensity it changed the course of French music, stunning and overwhelming its audiences. This breathtaking spectacle involves prince Hippolyte, who asks his mother-in-law Queen PhĂ©dre for help in wooing the beautiful Aricie, little knowing that PhĂšdre secretly wants Hippolyte for herself. In a single work Rameau re-invented tragĂ©die en musique with dramatic expressiveness and shocking harmonic innovations. It is seen here in an acclaimed OpĂ©ra Comique production that personifies Rameauâs assertion that âmusic must speak to the soul, its true aim must be to express thoughts, feelings, and passionsâ.
Also available in DVD!
Rameauâs first opera Hippolyte et Aricie delivered a lyrical tragedy of such extraordinary intensity it changed the course of French music, stunning and overwhelming its audiences. This breathtaking spectacle involves prince Hippolyte, who asks his mother-in-law Queen PhĂ©dre for help in wooing the beautiful Aricie, little knowing that PhĂšdre secretly wants Hippolyte for herself. In a single work Rameau re-invented tragĂ©die en musique with dramatic expressiveness and shocking harmonic innovations. It is seen here in an acclaimed OpĂ©ra Comique production that personifies Rameauâs assertion that âmusic must speak to the soul, its true aim must be to express thoughts, feelings, and passionsâ.
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Also available in DVD!
Rameauâs first opera Hippolyte et Aricie delivered a lyrical tragedy of such extraordinary intensity it changed the course of French music, stunning and overwhelming its audiences. This breathtaking spectacle involves prince Hippolyte, who asks his mother-in-law Queen PhĂ©dre for help in wooing the beautiful Aricie, little knowing that PhĂšdre secretly wants Hippolyte for herself. In a single work Rameau re-invented tragĂ©die en musique with dramatic expressiveness and shocking harmonic innovations. It is seen here in an acclaimed OpĂ©ra Comique production that personifies Rameauâs assertion that âmusic must speak to the soul, its true aim must be to express thoughts, feelings, and passionsâ.
