Lea Desandre - "Rossignols Amoureux" - Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau)

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, opera in five acts
Opéra Comique 2020
Aricie: Elsa Benoit
Phaedra: Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo
Theseus: Stéphane Degout
Œnone: Séraphine Cotrez
Diana's Priestess, Huntress, Seawoman, Shepherdess: Lea Desandre
Neptune / Pluto: Arnaud Richard
Diana: Eugénie Lefebvre
Tisiphone: Edwin Fardini
Ensemble Pygmalion
Conducted by Raphaël Pichon
Staged by Jeanne Candel
Production: Arte Concert & France Musique

[@catraube]

Qu'il chante bien ce joli rossignol.

[@eberlinpascal2837]

Quel charme se dégage de son chant ! C'est magique .

[@philiprobinson7332]

Utterly beautiful in every way.

[@williejosephs2120]

Fabulous voice!

[@dimakauffman]

Can this woman be any more perfect???❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ameliebonnet1]

Finalement, l'absurdité de la mise en scène et la laideur du décor poussent les chanteurs à se surpasser (au moins, on n'oblige pas l'artiste à ramper sur le plancher...) Bravo Léa pour tant de finesse et de sobriété.

[@RalphHancock]

Yes, definitely something to listen to with the picture scrolled off the top of the screen. A shame, because Lea Desandre can fit perfectly into almost any scene. It seems that Hippolyte et Aricie brings out the worst in modern producers. The recent Glyndebourne production was far worse than this, with a final scene where H and A were portrayed as ghosts on trolleys in a morgue. I think the miserable producers just can't take on board the idea that the Phaedra plot might have a happy ending, and I can understand that -- but why is their response so childishly hideous?

[@R_Jackson]

@@RalphHancock ...and who could forget the chorus singing from an oversized fridge in Act One?

[@RalphHancock]

@@R_Jackson I wish I could. H & A will never be quite the same in my memory, permanently spoilt by a producer's muddy footprints.

[@ewapaprotna1]

so wunderschön !!!!!!!! Perfect !!!! wonderful !!!!

[@ENIMANOWILATU]

An example of how an admirably sublime interpretation by virtuosic-intense-precise singer and orchestra is disrupted rather than supported by an either careless or clueless direction, and stage and costume setting.

[@tamerlano]

Absolutely disagree

[@christienvanrensburg5512]

Absolutely beautiful - thank you! greetings from SouthAfrica.

[@GaryNoland]

Beautiful!

[@natalieperezmezzo]

magique magique magique oh la la je ne m’en lasse pas, c’est dingue ce que tu fais Lea

[@forpusaymara]

Sad thing here ? No one in the theatre to applaud on the beautiful singing, way too sad for the nightingale

[@Kextorm]

Toujours aussi beau

[@zoefang4563]

Love this opera

[@eberlinpascal2837]

Léa Desandre magnifique et complètement investie dans son chant ,est elle vraiment Mezzo-soprano ? A l'entendre ici ,on sent nettement des aptitudes pour le répertoire des sopranos ( voire coloratura ! ).

[@malcolmhaynes2886]

Thank you Lea for your wonderful singing, Christmas greetings from Stony Stratford.

[@user-ex8kq6ws3h]

Браво!!!

[@nikolaicoco333]

Danke schön!!! Bamberg

[@elenelen818]

Ich danke auch! Nürnberg 😀

[@gerhardvockensperger1129]

Lean Leandre macht durch ihren traumhaft schönen Gesang diese dumme Inszenierung vergessen.

[@pelicierjulia1312]

merci :)

[@michellemalaise1816]

Merci

[@ameliaforteza4476]

No se puede cantar mejor !!!

[@Apprendistaorfeo]

❤️

🐾🐾🐻🇫🇮 Moi.

[@eberlinpascal2837]

Remarquez bien que mes louanges ne concernent que Léa Desandre et la musique de Rameau .Je ne mentionne pas la mise en scène hideuse ,absurde ,et bien entendu engagée ( à gauche comme vous vous en doutez ).

[@mariecoulon5080]

Comme je suis d’accord avec vous !

[@PMS1950]

Always delightful singing from this most talented lady. Not so sure about the contemporary setting - perhaps even opera productions are following the woke/green band wagon and getting the message out there. I think Rameau would have been pleased.

[@tamerlano]

What exactly is "woke" about this?

[@personnelente]

Desandre excellent as always. Poor set design.

[@MOSS88ify]

I suggest you see the whole opera, it will make sense (remember created during lock down).

[@RalphHancock]

@@MOSS88ify I have seen the whole opera, and no, the production is crassly stupid throughout, doing its best to ruin the opera through the infantile whimsy of a producer whose only concern is to get his dirty fingerprints all over everything. Lockdown is constantly used as an excuse for idiocy. By the way, I've also seen the Glydebourne production of the same opera and would you believe, it's even worse. Poor Léa, singing so wonderfully in such dire circumstances.

[@guru13hr]

Beautiful music, very good singer, horrible staging

[@lafrancelibre9886]

Quel contraste entre la beauté du chant et l'horrible mise en scène ! Autant écouter un disque.