Les Paladins - Jean-Phillipe Rameau (2006)
2 DVD ISO | 720x480 | MPEG-2 DVD | LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 | Language: French | Subtitles: EN, FR, GER, IT, ES | 135+69 MIN | 12.76 GB
Artists: Topi Lehtipuu, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Laurent Naouri, Sandrine Piau, René Schirrer, François Piolino , Les Arts Florissants...
Stage direction: José Montalvo | Conductor: William Christie | Recording Date: May 2004 | Place of recording: Theatre du Chatelet Paris
Words alone cannot describe the visual dimension of this wondrously realized production. However, the predominantly youthful singing and dancing stars of this Opera, filmed live in May 2004 at the Theatre du Chatelet Paris, are ultimately the real reason for its success. They are wonderful, providing talent and energy in abundance. The plot of Les Paladins revolves around love. The old Anselme loves (and imprisons) the young Argie who loves the young Atis. The various struggles to requite love (including a maid Nerine and a gaoler named Orcan) make up the bulk of the story. Thankfully, an illustrated synopsis on the first disc is quite helpful in explaining what's what. Handsome Topi Lehtipuu as Atis is marvelous with a beautiful lyric tenor voice, perfectly trained for Baroque Opera. His tone and diction are crystalline. He can act and he can dance, too. All of the cast are required to dance as well as act their roles. Beautiful Stephanie d'Oustrac plays Argie. Hers is a lyric soprano voice that matches her statuesque Gallic beauty. She spends most of the Opera wandering around in shorts and knee-stockings looking sexy and sad. Orcan is Laurent Naouri and Nerine is Sandrine Piau. All the singers and dancers (and there must be more than 60) are excellent.
Reviews
'I doubt anything more witty, more spectacular, more ravishingly sexy will be seen on the opera stage this year.'
Evening Standard
‘Baroque that rocks’
‘This feast of captivating visual images, stunningly sensual choreography and glorious music is so rich that one can do no more than give a flavour.'
Evening Standard
‘Rameau goes digital. And it works’
‘A delirious confection of music, movement and technology… Les Paladins blends high-tech wizardry with breathtaking precision.’
The Independent on Sunday
‘A multimedia spectacular, dazzlingly well executed …a real treat.’
The Guardian
‘…like eating a box of chocolates someone has laced with hallucinogens. It’s a fantastic, elegant, high energy production.’
The Daily Telegraph
'I doubt anything more witty, more spectacular, more ravishingly sexy will be seen on the opera stage this year.'
Evening Standard
‘Baroque that rocks’
‘This feast of captivating visual images, stunningly sensual choreography and glorious music is so rich that one can do no more than give a flavour.'
Evening Standard
‘Rameau goes digital. And it works’
‘A delirious confection of music, movement and technology… Les Paladins blends high-tech wizardry with breathtaking precision.’
The Independent on Sunday
‘A multimedia spectacular, dazzlingly well executed …a real treat.’
The Guardian
‘…like eating a box of chocolates someone has laced with hallucinogens. It’s a fantastic, elegant, high energy production.’
The Daily Telegraph
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