Armide by Lully – JAPAN
Pierre-François Dollé choreographs Armide, opera under the musical direction of Ryo Terakado and with Claire Lefilliâtre in the role of Armide. December 9 and 11 in Tokyo, Japan, as part of the Hokutopia international music festival.
Music: Jean-Baptiste Lully
Libretto: Philippe Quinault (Based on Torquato Tasso’s La Gerusalemme liberata)
Semi-stage style opera in Prologue and 5 acts
Sung in French with Japanese surtitles
Friday 9 December 2022, 6 pm
Sunday 11 December 2022, 2 pm
Hokutopia, Sakura Hall
1-11-1 Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan
(3 minutes walk from Oji Station of JR Keihin-Tohoku Line or Tokyo Metro Namboku Line)
Conductor & 1st violin: Ryo Terakado
Director, Choreographer & Baroque dancer: Pierre-François Dollé
Director: Romana Agnel
Orchestra & Choir: Les Boréades (Period-instruments Orchestra)
Baroque dancers: Nikoleta Giankaki, Dariusz Brojek, Sarasa Matsumoto
Armide: Claire Lefilliâtre
Renaud: Philippe Talbot
Other singers : Mutsumi Hatano, Ayako Yukawa, Kei Yonashiro, Yukihiro Yamamoto,
Yosuke Taniguchi, Katsuhiko Nakashima etc.