Armide 2016 Musikfestpiele Potsdam Sanssouci

ARMIDE POTSDAM

Tragédie en musique in 5 acts by JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY (1632-1687)

Libretto by PHILIPPE QUINAULT

(Paris, 1686)

Conductor Patrick Cohën-Akénine

Director and Choreographer Deda Cristina Colonna

Set, Costumes, Light design Francesco Vitali

Orchestra Les Folies Françoises

Nordic Baroque Dancers:

Karin Modigh, Noah Hellwig, Guillaume Jablonka, Robert Le Nuz, Andrea Miltnerová, Adrian Navarro

Armide Emilie Renard
Renaud Rupert Charlesworth
Phénice Daniela Skorka
Sidonie Miriam Albano
Hidraot Pietro di Bianco
Aronte/Ubalde Tomislav Lavoie
La Haine Jeffrey Francis
Artémidor / The Danish Knight Enguerrand de Hys

Musikfestspielen Potsdam Sanssouci 2016

In coproduction with Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, in collaboration with Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles

Orangerie Sanssouci, 19 June 2016

FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG (21/06/2016)
Zitternde Seelen in Goldbrokatwesten – Souls that tremble in a golden brocade vest.. The Potsdam music festival shows a rarity of French baroque in all its splendor: the magical work Armide by Jean Baptiste Lully.

TAGESSPIEGEL KULTUR (20/06/2016)
Zauberin und Liebende. Musikfestpiele Potsdam Opernpremiere “Armide”. Witch and lover. Musikfestspiele Potsdam Opera premiere “Armide”

MAZ KULTUR (20/06/2016)
Liebe wider willen. Kostümfest und Tanzspektakel: Lullys „Armide“ mit Mini-Orchester bei den Potsdamer Musikfestspielen. Love for the sake of it. Festival show in costume and dance: Lully “Armide” with mini-orchestra at the Potsdam Music Festival

POTSDAMER (20/06/2016)
Zauberische Vergnüglichkeiten. Umjubelte Premiere von Jean-Baptiste Lullys Barockoper “Armide“ im Orangerieschloss Sanssouci. Magic pleasures. Acclaimed premiere of the Baroque opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully “Armide” in the Orangery of Sanssouci Palace

INFORADIO-BONJOUR FRANKREICH (20/06/2016)

KULTUR RADIO (20/06/2016)
Armide. Ein neuer Lully: trockener, tänzerisch leichter, weniger höfisch aufgebrezelt. Der Lully-Bann ist gebrochen! Armide. A new Lully: drier, lighter dancers, less courtiers. The Lully spell is broken!

OPERA LAUNGE (20/06/2016)
Armide. The magic of French baroque has become interesting thanks to the splendid scenography of Francesco Vitali, on the stage mannequins dressed in beautiful historical clothes and costumes ….

FESTPIELKITIK (19/06/2016)

Photo credits: Stefan Gloede / Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci 2016

Armide 2016 Musikfestpiele Potsdam Sanssouci

Press Reviews

FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG (21/06/2016) Zitternde Seelen in Goldbrokatwesten – Souls that tremble in a golden brocade vest.. The Potsdam music festival shows a rarity of French baroque in all its splendor: the magical work Armide by Jean Baptiste Lully.

TAGESSPIEGEL KULTUR (20/06/2016) Zauberin und Liebende. Musikfestpiele Potsdam Opernpremiere “Armide”. Witch and lover. Musikfestspiele Potsdam Opera premiere “Armide”

MAZ KULTUR (20/06/2016) Liebe wider willen. Kostümfest und Tanzspektakel: Lullys „Armide“ mit Mini-Orchester bei den Potsdamer Musikfestspielen. Love for the sake of it. Festival show in costume and dance: Lully “Armide” with mini-orchestra at the Potsdam Music Festival

POTSDAMER (20/06/2016) Zauberische Vergnüglichkeiten. Umjubelte Premiere von Jean-Baptiste Lullys Barockoper “Armide“ im Orangerieschloss Sanssouci. Magic pleasures. Acclaimed premiere of the Baroque opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully “Armide” in the Orangery of Sanssouci Palace