Wednesday, May 03, 2023

A forgotten opera premieres 280 years late

Belgian soprano Gwendoline Blondeel performs as la Folie (madness) in the Opera Lafayette production of Jean-Philippe Rameau

A Jean-Philippe Rameau opera, left unfinished at time of his death and recently completed by a musicologist, gets its premiere 280 years later, with extravagant costumes.

(Image credit: Keren Carrión/NPR)



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