Les Boréades

Synopsis

Director Robert Carsen and his creative team flood the stage with summer blossoms, drifts of autumn leaves, winter snows and thunderous spring storms. The cast of 140 are attired in elegant costumes inspired by late 1940s Dior. This mythical tale of a young queen, Alphise, determined to abdicate rather than contemplate an enforced marriage to a descendant of Boreas, is nothing less than highly-charged.

Cast

Barbara Bonney

Alphise

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Paul Agnew

Abaris

Nicolas Rivenq

Adamas/Apollon

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Anna Maria Panzarella

Sémire

Nancy Crowley

Toby Spence

Calisis

Laurent Naouri

Borée

Mistaya Hemingway

Crew

Crew

• Édouard Lock Choreographer

Directing

• Robert Carsen Stage Director
• Thomas Grimm Director

Lighting

• Robert Carsen Lighting Design
• Peter van Praet Lighting Design

Sound

• William Christie Music Director

Writing

• Jean-Philippe Rameau Writer
• Louis de Cahusac Writer