Actéon
Hunter Actéon discovers the goddess Diane bathing. She turns him into a stag, and his own hounds pursue and tear him apart.
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Hunter Actéon discovers the goddess Diane bathing. She turns him into a stag, and his own hounds pursue and tear him apart.
Disguised, King Saul consults the Witch of Endor, who summons Samuel’s ghost and hears a prophecy that Saul will lose his children, friends and crown. Banished by Saul, David takes refuge with the Philistines and returns from victory hoping Jonathan, Saul’s son and his beloved, will be spared. During a truce, Jonathan and David meet, while the jealous Israelite general Joabel schemes against David. Joabel persuades Saul that David is plotting against him, and David is forced to leave. Saul then chooses war. The Philistines defeat Israel; Jonathan dies in David’s arms, and Saul falls on his sword to avoid capture. Though Achis names David the new king of Israel, David grieves for Jonathan.
After Euridice dies from a snakebite on their wedding day, Orphée follows her to the underworld. His music soothes the condemned and persuades Pluton to let him return with Euridice, provided he does not look back at her before they leave the realm of the dead.
In an allegory of Louis XIV’s peaceful reign, the Arts and a group of warriors are drawn into conflict between Peace and Discord. Discord and the Furies briefly prevail, but Peace appeals to Jupiter, whose thunderbolts drive them back to Hades.
At Versailles, Music and Conversation disagree: Music wants to sing, while Conversation prefers to drink chocolate. Comus attempts to reconcile them with chocolate, wine, and sweets. They eventually agree to help King Louis relax after his wars.
In Corinth, Jason abandons Médée to marry Créuse, and King Créon orders Médée into exile. She conspires with Oronte, then uses magic to kill Créuse with a poisoned robe and drive Créon mad. After Créuse dies, Médée announces she has killed her own children and escapes in a dragon-drawn chariot as Corinth burns.
Argan, a hypochondriac, plans to marry his daughter Angélique to a doctor's son so he can secure medical care. His maid Toinette and brother Béralde expose the schemes of Argan's second wife and help the lovers outwit his plans, while Molière satirizes medical quackery.
A pastiche tragédie en musique assembled from music by Campra and excerpts from works by Collasse, Charpentier, Desmarets, Marais and Rebel.
Hunter Actéon discovers the goddess Diane bathing. She turns him into a stag, and his own hounds pursue and tear him apart.
Disguised, King Saul consults the Witch of Endor, who summons Samuel’s ghost and hears a prophecy that Saul will lose his children, friends and crown. Banished by Saul, David takes refuge with the Philistines and returns from victory hoping Jonathan, Saul’s son and his beloved, will be spared. During a truce, Jonathan and David meet, while the jealous Israelite general Joabel schemes against David. Joabel persuades Saul that David is plotting against him, and David is forced to leave. Saul then chooses war. The Philistines defeat Israel; Jonathan dies in David’s arms, and Saul falls on his sword to avoid capture. Though Achis names David the new king of Israel, David grieves for Jonathan.
After Euridice dies from a snakebite on their wedding day, Orphée follows her to the underworld. His music soothes the condemned and persuades Pluton to let him return with Euridice, provided he does not look back at her before they leave the realm of the dead.
In an allegory of Louis XIV’s peaceful reign, the Arts and a group of warriors are drawn into conflict between Peace and Discord. Discord and the Furies briefly prevail, but Peace appeals to Jupiter, whose thunderbolts drive them back to Hades.
At Versailles, Music and Conversation disagree: Music wants to sing, while Conversation prefers to drink chocolate. Comus attempts to reconcile them with chocolate, wine, and sweets. They eventually agree to help King Louis relax after his wars.
In Corinth, Jason abandons Médée to marry Créuse, and King Créon orders Médée into exile. She conspires with Oronte, then uses magic to kill Créuse with a poisoned robe and drive Créon mad. After Créuse dies, Médée announces she has killed her own children and escapes in a dragon-drawn chariot as Corinth burns.
Argan, a hypochondriac, plans to marry his daughter Angélique to a doctor's son so he can secure medical care. His maid Toinette and brother Béralde expose the schemes of Argan's second wife and help the lovers outwit his plans, while Molière satirizes medical quackery.
A pastiche tragédie en musique assembled from music by Campra and excerpts from works by Collasse, Charpentier, Desmarets, Marais and Rebel.