Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse
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