“A ferociously polished extravagance” — The New York Times

FIAF and the American Friends of The Paris Opera and Ballet are proud to co-present the third-straight season of The Paris Opera and Ballet HD screenings, bringing the best music and dance productions to New York audiences.

Join us for the critically-acclaimed sold-out 2019 production of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Les Indes galantes directed by visionary artist and filmmaker Clément Cogitore.

His audacious reimagining of the Baroque opera–ballet features choreography by French hip-hop trailblazer Bintou Dembélé and resets Rameau’s musical masterpiece within an urban and political space that honors the opera while challenging Eurocentric views of the “other.”

This acclaimed production was one of The New York Times’ 10 best classical music performances of 2019.

Cogitore, who made his Paris Opera debut directing Les Indes galantes, will stay for a post-screening Q&A. He will be joined by Cal Hunt, a New York-based dancer who performed in Les Indes galantes, and Zachary Woolfe, classical musical editor of The New York Times.

In French with English subtitles.

Approx. 4 hours and 30 minutes including introduction and one intermission.

Coffee, tea, and cookies will be served during the intermission.

Opera-ballet in four acts and a prologue (1735)

Music: Jean-Philippe Rameau

Libretto: Louis Fuzelier

Musical direction: Leonardo García Alarcón

Stage direction: Clément Cogitore

Choreography: Bintou Dembélé

Sets: Alban Ho Van

Costumes: Wojciech Dziedzic

Lighting design: Sylvain Verdet

Musical dramaturgy: Katherina Lindekens

Dramaturgy: Simon Hatab

Chorus master: Thibault Lenaerts

Orchestre Cappella Mediterranea

Choeur de chambre de Namur Compagnie Rualité

Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Paris Opera children’s Chorus

Program presented by Alain Duault (in the video)

Film Director: François-René Martin

PROLOGUE

Hébé, Sabine Devieilhe

Bellone, Florian Sempey

L’Amour, Jodie Devos

ENTRÉE 1

Osman, Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Émilie, Julie Fuchs

Valère, Mathias Vidal

ENTRÉE 2

Huascar, Alexandre Duhamel

Phani, Sabine Devieilhe

Don Carlos, Stanislas de Barbeyrac

ENTRÉE 3

Tacmas, Mathias Vidal

Ali, Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Zaïre, Jodie Devos

Fatime, Julie Fuchs

ENTRÉE 4

Adario, Florian Sempey

Damon, Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Don Alvar, Alexandre Duhamel

Zima, Sabine Devieilhe