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Rameau - Les Indes galanates

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Duration: 3 hours

Rameau's exotic opera, Les Indes galantes, features mistaken identity, cross-dressing, slavery, love and a volcanic eruption. Not to mention a tribe of Native Americans. Recorded earlier this year at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Rameau
Les Indes galantes

Hébé ..... Nicola Wemyss, soprano
L'Amour ..... Marijje van Stralen, soprano
Phani & Zima ..... Ilse Eerens, soprano
Emilie & Zaire ..... Juliette Galstian, mezzo-soprano
Fatime ..... Stéphanie Revidat, soprano
Bellone & Huascar ..... Joao Fernandes, bass
Ali & Adario ..... David Wilson-Johnson, bass
Osman & Don Alvar ..... Henk Neven, baritone
Valère & Tacmas ..... Anders Dahlin, tenor
Damon & Don Carlos ..... Marcel Beekman, tenor
Cappella Amsterdam
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen, conductor.

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