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2025 / AROP evening / Opera
28 Jan.

Castor et Pollux

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    Palais Garnier

    19h30

    Duration
    3h50

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  • 1st part
    19h30
  • Intermission cocktail
    20h30
  • 2nd part
    20h50
  • Intermission cocktail
    21h45
  • 3rd part
    22h05
  • End of the performance
    22h50
  • Supper
    23h05

A return to its roots for Castor et Pollux, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s lyric tragedy first performed in 1737 at the Académie royale and inspired by the mythological episode of the Gemini.

Rarely performed in its original version – the score was reworked by Rameau himself in 1754 –, this daring work plays on contrasts and expressiveness, as in the famous “Tristes apprêts”. The aria is sung by Télaïre mourning the death of her fiancé Castor, killed in battle, before her twin brother Pollux descends into the Underworld to ask his father, Jupiter, to bring him back to life.

Castor et Pollux

Castor et Pollux - Peter SELLARS

  • Music

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

  • Conductor
    Teodor Currentzis
  • Chorus master
    Vitaly Polonsky

  • Libretto

    Pierre-Joseph Bernard

  • Director

    Peter Sellars

  • Lead choreographer

    Cal Hunt

  • Costume design

    Camille Assaf

  • Lighting design

    James F. Ingalls

  • Video

    Alex MacInnis

  • Dramaturgy

    Antonio Cuenca Ruiz

  • Set design

    Joelle Aoun

  • Orchestra and Chorus

    Orchestre et Chœur Utopia

Cast

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Jeanine De
Bique

Télaïre

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Reinoud Van
Mechelen

Castor

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Marc
Mauillon

Pollux

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Stéphanie
d'Oustrac

Phébé

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Nicholas
Newton

Mars, Jupiter, an athlete

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Claire
Antoine

Minerve, Une Suivante d’Hébé

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Laurence
Kilsby

L’Amour, Le Grand-Prêtre, un Athlète

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Natalia
Smirnova

Vénus, une ombre heureuse

Orchestre et Choeurs Utopia
Dance and choreography: Christopher Beaubrun, Jin Lee Baobei, Andrew Coleman dit « Finesse », Xavier Days dit « X », Ablaye Diop, Ange Emmanuel dit « Kendrickble », Kenza Kabisso, Joshua Morales dit « Sage », Tom Mornet Bouchiba dit « Tomorrow », Cordell Purnell dit « Storm », Sarah Querut, Edwin Saco dit « Jamsy », Océane Valence

“Castor et Pollux” will be recorded by France Musique for broadcast on February 22 at 8 pm in the program ‘Samedi à l'opéra’ presented by Judith Chaine, then available for streaming on the France Musique website and Radio France app.

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