L’Europe Galante

French Baroque operas are characterised by the large proportion of ballets they contain. Campra's L'Europe Galante is unique in that the ballets form an integral part of the narrative, which was a dramaturgical exception at the time it was composed.

Producer
Académie Baroque Européenne d’Ambronay

Location
European tour Bourg-en-Bresse, Vichy, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Versailles, Besançon, Reims

composer: André Campra Libretto: Hadouard de la Motte

Baroque orchestra of the Académie d’Ambronay conducted by William Christie
stage-director: Javier López Piñón

choreographer: Marie-Geneviève Massé
lighting: Nathalie Mann
Cast: soloist of the Académie du Festival d’Ambronay