Les Talens Lyriques, Choeur de Chambre de Namur & Christophe Rousset

12.03.2023 — 17:00

Bozar, Henry Le Boeuf Hall

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Les Talens Lyriques

Chœur de Chambre de Namur

Christophe Rousset, conductor

Mathias Vidal, Thésée (tenor)
Karine Deshayes, Médée (mezzo-soprano)
Deborah Cachet, Æglé (soprano)
Bénédicte Tauran, Minerve, La Grande Prêtresse de Minerve (soprano)
Marie Lys, Cleone, Cérès (soprano)
Thaïs Raï, Dorine, Vénus, Une bergère (soprano)
Robert Getchell, Bacchus (tenor)
Fabien Hyon, Un plaisir, Un vieillard, Un combattant (tenor)
Guilhem Worms, Arcas, Mars, Un plaisir (bass-baritone)
Philippe Estèphe, Egée (baritone)
Thibaut Lenaerts, choir director

coproduction

Klarafestival, Bozar

copresentation

De Munt/La Monnaie

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standard €78 - 60 - 44 - 22

The opera Thésée was one of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s greatest successes. This Baroque gem does not centre on Theseus, the valiant hero of the title, but on a vengeful mother, Medea. Lully set her whirlwind of emotions to music in masterly fashion. With Karine Deshayes in the role of Medea, Christophe Rousset and the musicians of Les Talens Lyriques unveil this seldom-performed tragedy.