The upcoming season will feature a number of productions including ‘L’Opera Seria’ at La Scala and ‘Ifigenia in Aulide’ at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival
Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques have unveiled a selection of rarely performed works for their 2024-25 season. Highlights include Gassmann’s L’Opera Seria in a new production by Laurent Pelly at La Scala and the premiere of Porpora’s Ifigenia in Aulide at the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival. Additionally, they will undertake a North American tour of The Sound of Music in Versailles, featuring a programme that celebrates the operatic masterpieces of Lully and Montéclair, along with the chamber music of Couperin, with mezzo-soprano Ambroisine Bré. The New Year will bring a performance of Händel’s Orlando in a new production by Jeanne Desoubeaux, featuring Katarina Bradić, Siobhan Stagg, Elizabeth DeShong, Giulia Semenzato, and Riccardo Novaro. Following this, Elizabeth DeShong will join in a revival of Damiano Michieletto’s production of Giulio Cesare in Egito in Toulouse.
Christophe Rousset, who received the Händel Prize in 2024, reflects on his childhood fascination with ancient myths and expresses his excitement at bringing these legendary stories to life on stage.
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