CASTOR ET POLLUX / PROGRAMME / GARNIER / JANVIER / 2025

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Castor et Pollux, Jean-Philippe Rameau's lyrical tragedy inspired by the Gemini myth, returns to its roots. First performed at the Académie royale de Musique in 1737, the work is rarely performed in its original version.

Rarely performed in its original version - the score was reworked by Rameau himself in 1754 - the work nevertheless reveals boldness, a sense of contrast and expressiveness, as in the famous "Tristes apprêts". An aria sung by Télaïre mourning the death of her fiancé Castor, killed in battle, before her twin brother Pollux descends into the depths of the Underworld to ask his father, Jupiter, to bring him back to life.

While this opera celebrates brotherly love, its prologue poses an essential question for director Peter Sellars: how do you stop a war and its corollaries, hatred and resentment?

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Duration: 3h20 with 1 interval
Language: French
Surtitles: French / English