Rameau: Hippolytus and Aricia

Hippolytus and Aricia; Tragedy in music in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Phillippe Rameau. Libretto by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin after the plays of Jean Racine: Phédre, Euripides: Hippolytos, Saneca: Phaedra. Created in Paris, Opera, 1 October 1733; Freiburger Barockorchester, Staatsopernchor, Simon Rattle (Conductor), Martin Wright (Chorus Conductor); Aletta Collins (stage, choreography), Ólafur Elíasson (Sets, costumes, lighting design), Olaf Freese (Lighting design); Anna Prohaska (Aricia); Magdalena Kožená (Phaedra); Adriane Queiroz (Oenone); Elsa Dreisig (Diana); Reinoud Van Mechelen (Hippolytus); Gyula Orendt (Theseus); Roman Trekel (Tisiphone); Peter Rose (Pluto); Michael Smallwood (Mercury); Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany, 2018; Directed by: Andreas Morell 1267566_1 (153 min)