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Platée

0% | Jan 01, 2002
Music Fantasy

The prologue sets the stage for the action: Thespis, Momus and Thalie announce the subject of the play. It is a comedy mocking the folly of man...and the story of a trap set by Jupiter to cure Juno of her jealousy. The trap? It consists in convincing the water nymph Platée that Jupiter is in love with her. Mercury officially declares Jupiter’s love to Platée. When the god appears before her – first as a donkey, then an owl - the nymph calls on the birds of the marshes, but they scare Jupiter away. Luckily he quickly returns and declares his love for Platée. He even wants to marry her. La Folie comes to sing for the fiancée during an absolutely chaotic scene. However, as the couple prepares for the wedding, Juno arrives. Furious, she puts an end to the farce and ascends to the heavens with Jupiter. Humiliated, Platée understands she has been duped. She swims off into the marshes, as the chorus sings an ironic song in her honour.

Top Billed Cast

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Paul Agnew
Platée
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Mireille Delunsch
La Folie, Thalie
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Yann Beuron
Thespis, Mercure

Featured Crew

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Laurent Pelly
Stage Director
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Laurent Pelly
Costume Design
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Adrien-Joseph Le Valois d'Orville
Lyricist
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Jacques Autreau
Original Story
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Jacques Audrain
Cinematography
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Arnaud Petitet
Editor
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Chantal Thomas
Set Designer
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Catherine Lhuerre
Makeup Artist
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Joël Adam
Lighting Design
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Marc Minkowski
Conductor
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Music
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Laura Scozzi
Choreographer

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