

Pinchgut Opera | Opera
Platée
City Recital Hall1–8 December 2021
Pinchgut Opera | Opera
Platée
City Recital Hall1–8 December 2021
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December
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Venue
City Recital Hall
2 Angel Place, Sydney
Running time
approximately 3 hours including interval
Language
Sung in French with English surtitles
Program
Platée by Rameau (1745)
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Lyrics by Jacques Autreau
Celebrated Australian director Neil Armfield makes his Pinchgut debut in a deliciously twisted comedy by one of the greatest French baroque composers.
Rameau clearly enjoyed himself composing this one-of-a-kind comédie lyrique, for the marriage of the Dauphin Louis XV to the Princess Maria Teresa of Spain – reputedly a woman of very little beauty – telling the story of the irresistibly ugly marsh nymph Platée being tricked into believing that Jupiter is in love and wants to marry her.
Rameau takes aim at the very nature of French opera itself, turning tradition on its head with music of exceptional brilliance and wit, and sweeping away the studied elegance of set-piece ballets with ravishing melodies and striking shifts of mood and colour. Prepare to be utterly enchanted!
Cast & Creative
Conductor and keyboards
Director
Platée
La Folie / Amour
Jupiter
Mercury / Thespis
Cithéron / Satire
Momus
Cantillation & Orchestra of the Antipodes