Synopsis
Rameau’s first opera Hippolyte et Aricie (1733) was such a huge success that it earned the honour of being parodied on several occasions at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris. Blending the best pages of the score with popular refrains, the show, created by Jean-Philippe Desrousseaux from Favart’s 1742 parody, presents singers and marionettes around a miniature baroque theatre. A simpleton Hippolyte, a hysterical Phaedra, and a Theseus harassed into hell by his first wife, bring to life a playful adaptation which transforms at leisure the sublime into the grotesque through a distorting mirror rich in surprises. A performance which invites us to discover the parodic inventiveness that once occupied the fringes of the official culture of the Enlightenment.
Public Performance - See performances
12 Feb. 2016 at 8 pm
13 Feb. 2016 at 3 pm and 8 pm
School Performances - How book?
11 Feb. 2016 at 2 pm
12 Feb. 2016 at 2 pm
Duration : 1h20 no interval
Artists
Parody of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie. Centre de la musique baroque de Versailles
Creative team
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Caroline Meng Mezzo-Soprano -
Alain Buet Baritone -
Gaëlle Trimardeau Puppeteer -
Bruno Coulon Puppeteer -
Jean-Philippe Desrousseaux Puppeteer -
Jean-Philippe Desrousseaux Conception -
Jean-Philippe Desrousseaux Director -
Mira Glodeanu Conductor -
Antoine Fontaine Set design -
Edith Dufaux-Fontaine Set design -
François-Xavier Guinnepain Lighting design -
Petr Řezač Scenography -
Petr Řezač Soft sculpture puppets -
Françoise Rubellin Dramatic advisor -
Benoît Dratwicki Adaptation
With
Marie Lenormand, Alain Buet
Singers
Gaëlle Trimardeau, Bruno Coulon, Jean‑Philippe Desrousseaux,
Puppet operators
Ensemble PhilidOr
Production
Centre de musique baroque de Versailles
Coproduction
Teatru Manoel – Malte, théâtre Montansier – Versailles, Opéra de Vichy with support from the Institut Français in Prague
Spectacle for children, from 10 years
Media
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Access and services
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
Place de la Bastille
75012 Paris
Public transport
Underground Bastille (lignes 1, 5 et 8), Gare de Lyon (RER)
Bus 29, 69, 76, 86, 87, 91, N01, N02, N11, N16
Calculate my routeIn both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:
- €35 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
- €70 tickets for senior citizens over 65
Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.
Opéra Bastille
- Open 1h before performances and until performances end
- Get in from within the theatre’s public areas
- For more information: +33 1 40 01 17 82
Online
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
Place de la Bastille
75012 Paris
Public transport
Underground Bastille (lignes 1, 5 et 8), Gare de Lyon (RER)
Bus 29, 69, 76, 86, 87, 91, N01, N02, N11, N16
Calculate my routeIn both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:
- €35 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
- €70 tickets for senior citizens over 65
Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.
Opéra Bastille
- Open 1h before performances and until performances end
- Get in from within the theatre’s public areas
- For more information: +33 1 40 01 17 82
