Lea Desandre

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Samson (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence) (2024)

When, in 1733, Voltaire, the most brilliant mind of his day, collaborates with Rameau, its greatest composer, in undertaking an ambitious reform of operatic practice, the result is the biblical opera Samson. But the libretto is condemned and the score lost ...

Samson (2024)

When, in 1733, Voltaire, the most brilliant mind of his day, collaborates with Rameau, its greatest composer, in undertaking an ambitious reform of operatic practice, the result is the biblical opera Samson. But the libretto is condemned and the score lost ...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier : Médée (2024)

Roméo et Juliette (Opéra Bastille) (2023)

Lea Desandre, récital baroque - Amazone (2022)

Les Noces de Figaro, Opéra Garnier de Paris (2022)

The Marriage of Figaro is one of the most emblematic operas in the repertoire. Brahms spoke of it as a "miracle" and the Countess' complaint still resonates today as one of the most heartbreaking musical pages. It was by resuming Beaumarchais' comedy, whic ...

The Marriage of Figaro - Aix-en-Provence Festival (2021)

co-production with the Teatro Real (Madrid). ...

Hippolyte et Aricie (2020)

In October 1733, the audience at the Académie Royale de Musique witnessed the birth of a revolutionary work: Hippolyte et Aricie. With its inventiveness and musical richness, Rameau's opera marks a break in the history of French music. A similarly revolut ...

Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019 (2020)

Offenbach's mockery of bourgeois ideals, the sublimity of music and the institution of marriage ensures that the moralistic sermonizing of 'Public Opinion' falls on deaf ears. The mysterious figure of John Styx tells the story of behind-the-times Orpheus ...

Così fan tutte - Salzburger Festspiele 2020 (2020)

As Christof Loy put it: Così fan tutte invites us to embrace the complexity of life and face the future with heads held high. In his staging of the version he abridged with Joana Mallwitz for the Salzburg Festival 2020 the focus is wholly on the figures a ...

Italienischer Barockabend auf Schloss Versailles (2019)

Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice (2018)

Amour, the messenger of the gods, tells Orpheus that he may descend to the underworld and return with Eurydice. His singing has the power to appease the Furies and animate the blessed Shadows. Yet, his voice cannot reassure Eurydice who despairs of the fei ...

L’Orfeo (2017)

In celebration of Monteverdi's 450th birthday in 2017, Paul Agnew—an expert in the Italian composer's œuvre—directs L'Orfeo. This founding masterpiece of lyric opera is brought to life in elegant simplicity through the performances of Cyril Auvity's O ...