During the final stretch of rehearsals, we paid conductor Paul Agnew a visit at the company's new rehearsal-studios on the Wormsley Estate to find out more about what exactly makes this score such a weird and wonderful treat, how his own experience of singing the title-role informs his approach to the music, why the rural setting of the festival is the ideal location for a piece so grounded in the natural world - and his new Bach recording-project A Life In Music, which launched on Harmonia Mundi in April...
Garsington Opera's production of Platée runs until 30th June.
Lawrence Brownlee (Platée), Julie Fuchs (Thalie/La Folie), Jean Teitgen (Jupiter), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Mercure), Adrianna Bignani Lesca (Junon), Mathias Vidal (Thespis), Marc Mauillon (Momus); Les Musiciens du Louvre, Choeurs de l'Opera National de Paris, Marc Minkowski, Laurent Pelly
Available format: Blu-ray
Marcel Beekman (Platée), Jeanine De Bique (La Folie), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Jupiter), Cyril Auvity (Mercure/Thespis), Marc Mauillon (Momus/Citheron), Emilie Renard (Junon); Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Robert Carsen
Available format: Blu-ray
Benjamin Alard (organ), Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Sophie Daneman, Paul Agnew, Sarah Connolly, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Thierry Félix; Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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Paul Agnew, Paul Whelan, Kathryn McCusker, Stephen Bennet, Damian Whiteley & Penelope Mills; Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker
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