Release Date

12 Jul, 2024

Runtime

02:26: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

When, in 1733, Voltaire, the most brilliant mind of his day, collaborates with Rameau, its greatest composer, in undertaking an ambitious reform of operatic practice, the result is the biblical opera Samson. But the libretto is condemned and the score lost – possibly reworked here and there in later compositions. Claus Guth and Raphaël Pichon, haunted by this interesting project that had turned into one of the most intriguing failures in operatic history, have tried, not to recreate the letter, but to revive the spirit: to marry a strong, noble libretto with the most eloquent music.

Original Title

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Samson (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence)

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Actors

Jarett Ott

Jacquelyn Stucker

Lea Desandre

Nahuel Di Pierro

Laurence Kilsby

Julie Roset

Antonin Rondepierre

René Ramos Premier

Andréa Ferréol

Gabriel Coullaud-Rosseel

Gabriel Coullaud-Rosseel

Raphaël Pichon

Crew

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Pygmalion

Claus Guth

Raphaël Pichon

Corentin Leconte

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Voltaire

Bertrand Couderc

Mathis Nitschke

Ursula Kudrna