No one is more qual­i­fied to kick off this MAfestival than Don Quixote, the leg­endary hidal­go who imag­ines him­self a knight-errant. In 1743, Cervantes’s mas­ter­piece was trans­formed into an opéra comique by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. The inge­nious airs, infec­tious dances and over­whelm­ing cho­rus­es are in good hands with Le Concert Spirituel and Hervé Niquet.

Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse

  • musical director: Hervé Niquet
  • narrator: Stefaan Degand
  • soprano (Altisidore, La Japonaise): Chantal Santon-Jeffery
  • soprano (La Paysanne, Une Suivante, Une Amante): Camille Poul
  • haute-contre (Don Quichotte): Emiliano Gonzalez Toro
  • countertenor (Un Amant): Charles Barbier
  • baritone (Sancho Pança): Marc Labonnette
  • bass (Montesinos, Merlin, Le Traducteur): João Fernandes
  • ensemble: Le concert spirituel