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Les Éléments
Amor makes the world go round
Orangery Palace Sanssouci / Address: An der Orangerie 3-5, 14469 Potsdam
Opéra-ballet by André Cardinal Destouches (1672-1749) and Michel Richard de Lalande (1657-1726)
Libretto by Pierre-Charles Roy
Cocert performance in French with German surtitles
artists
Maïlys de Villoutreys, soprano
Eugénie Lefebvre, soprano
Étienne Bazola, baritone
LES SURPRISES
Alice Julien-Laferrière, Gabriel Ferry, violin | Sophie Iwamura, viola | Sandra Latour, Mathieu Bertaud, flute | Laura Duthuillé, oboe | Anaïs Ramage, bassoon | Juliette Guignard, viola da gamba | Étienne Galletier, theorbo | Marie-Amélie Clément, contrabass | Sylvain Fabre, percussions
Harpsichord & musical direction: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
description
The elements have barely been born and divided between the gods when Venus threatens to throw the world back into chaos: her son Amor is supposed to go empty-handed! The joint piece by two master composers tells the story of love being in its element just about anywhere in four episodes plus an enchanting "Fête champêtre" to finish things. Anyone who enjoyed French music from Lully to Rameau at the Music Festival 2016 can keep indulging. LES SURPRISES make the jewel shine.
