Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie

actually the fridge is an appropriate 21st-century metaphor for the frigidity of the goddess...one of the many good things about this production is the way Jonathan Kent and choreographer Ashley... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2014 More…

Release Date: 30th Jun 2014
Catalogue No: OABD7150D
Label: Opus Arte
Series: Glyndebourne

Recorded live at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes, June 2013
Ed Lyon (Hippolytus), Christiane Karg (Aricia), Sarah Connolly (Phaedre) & Stéphane Degout (Theseus)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & The Glyndebourne Chorus
William Christie (conductor) & Jonathan Kent (director)

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In Glyndebourne’s first-ever staging of a opera by Rameau, director Jonathan Kent presents a production which, in his own words, ‘strives to appeal to every sense and show audiences how engrossing and musically ravishing French Baroque opera can be’. Rameau’s inventive take on Racine’s great tragedy Phèdre is brought to life by Paul Brown’s colourful and elegant designs and Ashley Page’s playful choreography. Ed Lyon and Christiane Karg give captivating performances as the titular young lovers, while Sarah Connolly, making a welcome return to Glyndebourne, ‘invests Phaedra with both grandeur and a desperately human vulnerability’ (The Independent). Leading exponent of early music William Christie ‘sets an exhilarating pace, galvanising the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to playing of tremendous panache’ (The DailyTelegraph).

Extra features: Hippolyte et Aricie - an opera to surprise and delight and a cast gallery.

Running time: 187 minutes

Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/KO

Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS

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October 2014

actually the fridge is an appropriate 21st-century metaphor for the frigidity of the goddess...one of the many good things about this production is the way Jonathan Kent and choreographer Ashley Page have integrated the dancing with the action...Degout is convincingly anguished as Theseus, and Sarah Connolly formidably regal as well as despairing.

11th July 2014

if you don’t grin and giggle you should check your pulse...But the performers hold wonderfully steady. Sarah Connolly’s Phaedra throbs with the bottled desire and vulnerability expected of a queen in love with her stepson...Christie lavishes his love and skill on a score whose splendours keep on growing over the show’s three hours.

Opera Now

[Degout gives] an immensely impressive and focused performance...there is musical beguilement and exhilaration here, and the wonder of Rameau’s sound-world is beautifully realised, particularly in the dances. This would have made a wonderful CD without the visuals.

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