concert A Baroque Celebration with Natalie Dessay, Philippe Jaroussky, Patricia Petibon, Rolando Villazón, Anne Sofie von Otter... With the Concert d’Astrée under the baton of Emmanuelle Haïm

With the Concert d’Astrée under the baton of Emmanuelle Haïm

A Baroque Celebration with Natalie Dessay, Philippe Jaroussky, Patricia Petibon, Rolando Villazón, Anne Sofie von Otter... With the Concert d’Astrée under the baton of Emmanuelle Haïm

About

The Concert d’Astrée celebrates its first decade with a concert featuring an elite group of singers, stars specialized in the baroque repertoire or in bel canto opera like Natalie Dessay, Philippe Jaroussky, Rolando Villazón, and Anne Sofie von Otter.

Emmanuelle Haïm—founder, director, and harpsichordist of this ensemble dedicated to performance of the baroque opera repertoire—brings together these artists for a recital featuring jewels by three brilliant 18th century composers of opera: Handel, Purcell, and Rameau. A celebratory program sure to astonish and delight!

Cast

Natalie Dessay | Soprano
Sandrine Piau | Soprano
Patricia Petibon | Soprano
Magali Léger | Soprano
Françoise Masset | Soprano
Karine Deshayes | Mezzo-soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter | Mezzo-soprano
Philippe Jaroussky | Countertenor
Pascal Bertin | Countertenor
Rolando Villazón | Tenor
Topi Lehtipuu | Tenor
Stéphane Degout | Baritone
Christopher Purves | Bass

Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm | Conductor

Program

Jean-Philippe Rameau, Les Indes galantes
- IV, 6: Rondeau "Forêts paisibles"
George Frideric Handel, Rinaldo, HWV 7
- I, 9: Venti, turbini
George Frideric Handel, Cantata "Il delirio amoroso", HWV 99
- III. Un pensiero voli in ciel
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dardanus
- Act IV: “Monstre affreux, monstre redoutable”
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Platée
- II, 5: Air de la Folie: "Aux langeuers d'Apollon"
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie
- I, 4: “Bruit de tonnerre”
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dardanus
- Act III: "Paix favorable, paix adorable"
Henry Purcell, King Arthur, Z.628
- III: "What power art thou"
Henry Purcell, Come Ye Sons Of Art, Z. 323
- 3. Sound The Trumpet
George Frideric Handel, Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
- VII. De torrente in via bibet
George Frideric Handel, Tamerlano, HWV 18
- I: "Cielo e terra armi di sdegno"
George Frideric Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
- I, 10 : Duetto "Son nata a lagrimar / Son nato a sospirar"
George Frideric Handel, Messiah
- 44. Hallelujah (chorus)