Name: Penthée
Start: 2023-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Reims

Organization

Admin

Centre de musique baroque de Versailles

Conductor

Fabien Armengaud

Singer

Sébastien Tonnel

Penthée

Alice Marzuola

Erigone

Kyungna Ko

Elisabeth Houpert

Autonoé

Manon Sekfali

Agave

Antoine Ageorges

Bacchus

Gaël Lefèvre

Thirésie

Martin Barigault

Cadmus

Marcos Costa

Arbas

Orchestra

Students from Paris & Versailles regional conservatoires

Others

Choeur des Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles

Reims

France

Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Reims

Public

Rahul Karaguppi

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Tenor

Soprano

Contralto

Bass

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Penthée is an opera in Five Acts and a Prologue written by the Regent to be Philippe d’Orléans, with a libretto by Charles-Auguste de la Fare based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It was first performed before the King in the grand hall of the Palais-Royal on 16th July 1705. Even if Philippe d’Orléans’ composition was assisted by his music master Charles-Hubert Gervais, the score is still truly and astonishingly ground-breaking. The Regent balked at nothing, venturing a highly personal style marked by bold harmonics and unexpected tonalities, making the score feel like a musical laboratory or playground. One could see it as the mere whim of a musician Prince, but that would be far from the truth – the work is a true masterpiece.                                                                                                         

The production is the fruit of collaboration between the CMBV and the Paris and Versailles regional conservatoires with the support of young singers. Fabien Armengaud has admirably resuscitated this opera, soundly contradicting Philippe d’Orléans‘ mother Madame Palatine, who said of her son - “He has every talent, except that of making good use of it”!

English

Penthée by D'Orléans, From (2023/2023), Conductor Fabien Armengaud, Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Reims, Reims, France

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues