Platée - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Platée
Ballet bouffon in a prologue and three acts (1749)
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Libretto by Jacques Autreau
revised by Adrien-Joseph Valois d´Orville and Balot de Sovot
In French with German surtitles
Resumption of the Theater an der Wien production in 2014
Jupiter, supreme of the gods and the most unfaithful of all husbands, wants to drive out his jealousy for once and for all to his wife Juno - in order to be able to pursue his extramarital interests without being disturbed by her. At the moment, however, he is not pursuing such an amorous project, Juno is still full of suspicion and anger at her husband and destroys the earth with wild storms. It has already ruined the entire harvest and people are facing starvation. The condition is unsustainable and gives Jupiter another reason to have to persuade his wife to go mad. On his behalf, Mercure and his friend Cithéron come up with a treacherous plan for healing Juno and rescuing people from need. For some time now, Cithéron has been persistently pursued with love by the ugly swamp nymph platée. She is totally convinced that no man could resist her beauty and elegance and does not understand Cithéron's rejections. Now he sees the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, namely to calm Juno and get rid of Platée. The vain swamp nymph is made to believe that Jupiter has fallen in love with her and wants to marry her. The father of the gods, initiated into the plan, plays his role in a mythological tradition: he advertises platée as a cloud, sings tender love songs to her as an ass and as an owl, and finally overwhelms her with his Olympic glory. Platée is thrilled with such honor and enthusiastically falls for Jupiter's hypocritical love. A large wedding party with a lot of dance, a large buffet and illustrious guests is scheduled. In the meantime, Mercure and Cithéron Juno have given discreet information about their husband's alleged new affair. Shortly before the fictitious wedding, she bursts into the feast and tears the veil off the supposed bride, furious. Given Platée's ugliness, Juno immediately laughs at her own blinded jealousy and makes up for Jupiter. The weather is finally good on earth, Cithéron and Jupiter have their peace, only Platée is lonely and humiliated again in her swamp when the whole society of gods returns to Olympus.
Subject to changes.
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Libretto by Jacques Autreau
revised by Adrien-Joseph Valois d´Orville and Balot de Sovot
In French with German surtitles
Resumption of the Theater an der Wien production in 2014
Jupiter, supreme of the gods and the most unfaithful of all husbands, wants to drive out his jealousy for once and for all to his wife Juno - in order to be able to pursue his extramarital interests without being disturbed by her. At the moment, however, he is not pursuing such an amorous project, Juno is still full of suspicion and anger at her husband and destroys the earth with wild storms. It has already ruined the entire harvest and people are facing starvation. The condition is unsustainable and gives Jupiter another reason to have to persuade his wife to go mad. On his behalf, Mercure and his friend Cithéron come up with a treacherous plan for healing Juno and rescuing people from need. For some time now, Cithéron has been persistently pursued with love by the ugly swamp nymph platée. She is totally convinced that no man could resist her beauty and elegance and does not understand Cithéron's rejections. Now he sees the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, namely to calm Juno and get rid of Platée. The vain swamp nymph is made to believe that Jupiter has fallen in love with her and wants to marry her. The father of the gods, initiated into the plan, plays his role in a mythological tradition: he advertises platée as a cloud, sings tender love songs to her as an ass and as an owl, and finally overwhelms her with his Olympic glory. Platée is thrilled with such honor and enthusiastically falls for Jupiter's hypocritical love. A large wedding party with a lot of dance, a large buffet and illustrious guests is scheduled. In the meantime, Mercure and Cithéron Juno have given discreet information about their husband's alleged new affair. Shortly before the fictitious wedding, she bursts into the feast and tears the veil off the supposed bride, furious. Given Platée's ugliness, Juno immediately laughs at her own blinded jealousy and makes up for Jupiter. The weather is finally good on earth, Cithéron and Jupiter have their peace, only Platée is lonely and humiliated again in her swamp when the whole society of gods returns to Olympus.
Subject to changes.
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