Les Indes galantes
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    Opera-ballet in four entries and a prologue (1735)
    A masterpiece of the Enlightenment, Les Indes galantes is a sparkling entertainment. Yet Rameau’s first opera‑ballet also testifies to the ambiguous view held by Europeans concerning other peoples – Turks, Incas, Persians, “Savages”…

    In 2017, film director Clément Cogitore made an explosive and critically acclaimed film adaptation of an extract from Les Indes galantes in collaboration with the Krump dancers. This time, with choreographer Bintou Dembélé, he takes up Rameau’s box of delights in its entirety to set it once more in an urban and political space whose frontiers he explores.


    Orchestre Cappella Mediterranea
    Chœur de chambre de Namur
    Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Chœur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris
    Compagnie Rualité

    A co-production of the Paris Opera, ARTE France, Telmondis and Mezzo, with the support of the CNC and the Orange Foundation, sponsor of the Paris Opera's audiovisual broadcasts.

    Director: François-René Martin
    © Opéra national de Paris – ARTE France - Telmondis – Mezzo - 2019

    Picture: © Little Shao / OnP

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