Opéra National de Paris: Castor et Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Plot: 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”

Jeanine De Bique
Reinoud van Mechelen
Marc Mauillon
Stéphanie d'Oustrac
Claire Antoine
Laurence Kilsby
Natalia Smirnova
Nicholas Newton
Teodor Currentzis
Peter Sellars
Toby Trotter
James F. Ingalls