Les Boreades (2003)
Directed by Robert Carsen
Genres - Visual Arts, Music |
Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Musical Drama, Opera, Romantic Drama, Tragedy |
Run Time - 180 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Perry Seibert
This production of Jean Philippe Rameau's Les Boreades stars Barbara Bonney as Alphise, a princess willing to forego her birthright in order to avoid an arranged marriage. This opera has had a troubled history, and was actually performed in full for the first time years after Rameau's death.
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abdication [of power], dowry, marriage-arranged, princess, seasons