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Rameau: Les Indes Galantes

8.0 0 mins Music   2016
Opéra National de Paris   ARTE   Telmondis   Mezzo  
Director(s): Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui François-René Martin

While the young people of Europe forsake Love to follow Bellone at war, Cupid sets out to shoot his arrows into the rest of the world. A masterpiece of the Enlightenment, Les Indes galantes is sparkling entertainment. Yet Rameau’s first opera‑ballet also bears witness to the Europeans’ ambiguous view of ‘savage’ cultures. The Belgian choreographer-director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui adapts Les Indes Galantes to a contemporary setting, where globalisation has transformed the notions of exoticism.

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