簡介
Between Heaven and Earth
What separates the hero from the god? Is it the strength to endure the storm, or the capacity to bleed for love?
This program traces the fine line between human resilience and divine vulnerability through the dramatic world of the French Baroque. Spanning vivid operatic scenes, courtly ballets, and expressive instrumental chamber works, we invite you to witness an eternal paradox: the hero's struggle to survive, and the goddess's struggle to let go.
Act I: Ulysses — The Mortal Resilience
Follow Ulysses, the ultimate architect of his own survival, navigating a perilous world of monsters, shipwrecks, and seductive Sirens. Through expressive French cantatas and stirring instrumental movements, this half captures a music of grit, movement, and human intellect as a mortal man fights relentless tides to reclaim his home.
Act II: Venus — The Divine Vulnerability
The atmosphere shifts from the open sea to the intimate tragedy of grief. Enter Venus, a goddess who commands the heavens but cannot save the mortal hunter Adonis whom she loves. Through the deeply moving plaintes ( laments ) of French opera and ballet, the divine becomes startlingly human, proving that even immortal gods are not immune to the sting of loss.
Featuring works by: Leclair, Couperin, de La Guerre, Morin, Bourgeois, Desmarest, Bernier, Lully, and Charpentier.
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