Rameau, a regular guest at the Festival d'Aix

Since the second half of the 20th century, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence has been pleading for valuing the French baroque repertoire, especially through the rediscovery of Jean-Philippe Rameau's operas. Short retrospective of the composer's appearances at the Festival...

• Platée, conducted by Hans Rosbaud, staged by Jean-Pierre Grenier (1956) Listen to the audio
• Les Boréades, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner (1982) (from 29'38'' à 46'30'') Listen to the interview with Jean-Louis Martinoty, stage director of this production
• Hippolyte et Aricie, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi (1984) Watch the video
• Les Indes galantes, conducted by William Christie, staged by Alfredo Arias (1990)
• Castor et Pollux, conducted by William Christie, staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi (1991)
• Pygmalion: act of ballet, preceded by excerpts of Hippolyte et Aricie. Conducted by William Christie, staged by Trisha Brown (2010) Watch the video
• Les Boréades, conducted by Marc Minkowski (2014) Listen to excerpts of the great concert PARADE[S]

And it is not over: this summer, attend Zoroastre by Jean-Philippe Rameau conducted by Raphaël Pichon and gathering the cream of the French baroque music!