Rameau: Les Indes Galantes (Christie) (UK)

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Rameau: Les Indes Galantes (Christie)
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Alan Titherington

Four love stories
Certificate: none
Running Time: 244 mins
Retail Price: £29.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
William Christie and Les Arts Florissants propel this exuberant production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's second opera to great heights. Andrei Serban's extravagant, highly baroque staging presents the four exotic love stories in a fantastic operatic spectacle. In Le Turc généreux Osman sets free his captive, Emilie, whom he loves, so that she may be reunited with her former lover, Valère; Les Incas de Perou is all about the rivalry of the Inca Huascar and the Spaniard Don Carlos, both in pursuit of Princess Phani; Les Fleurs offers a Persian love intrigue, as the Sultana Fatima tries to detect whether her husband Tacmas has his eye on the lovely Atalide; and Les Sauvages takes us to North America, where a Spaniard and a Frenchman compete for the love of Zima, daughter of a native chief, who prefers one of her own people.

Valérie Gabail, Nicolas Rivenq, Paul Agnew, Patricia Petibon, Nicolas Cavallier, Jaël Azzaretti, Anna Maria Panzarella
Les Arts Florissants / William Christie
Stage Director Andrei Serban
TV Director Thomas Grimm

Special Features:
* Swinging Rameau - A 50-minute documentary analysis featuring interviews with William Christie, Nicolas Rivenq, Blanca Li, Andrei Serban, Paul Agnew, Patricia Petibon
* On-screen biographies - William Christie & Les Arts Florissants
* Illustrated Synopsis & Cast Gallery