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.
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> Jeanne Candel (Director)
> Euripides (Story)
> Jean Racine (Story)
> Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (Writer)