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Pygmalion, opéra-ballet de Jean-Philippe Rameau par l'ensemble Masques
📅 Jul 17, 2026
📍 Basilique Saint Pierre et Saint Paul, 70300 Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert
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As part of the Musique et Mémoire festival.
At 9 pm, at the Basilica of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Pygmalion
Opera-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Ensemble Masques
Olivier Fortin, conductor and harpsichord
Philippe Gagné, Pygmalion
Judith van Wanroij, L'Amour
Hannah Ely, The Statue
Marie-Frederique Girod, Céphise
Chorus
Corinne Bahuaud, mezzo-soprano
Davy Cornillot, tenor
Josquin Gest, baritone
Clémence Bourgeois and Adrian Saint-Pol, recorders
Rodrigo Gutiérrez and Neven Lesage, oboes
Emmanuel Vignero, bassoon
Simon Pierre, Noyuri Hazama, Maite Larburu Garmendia; Tuomo Suni, Ivan Iliev, violin
Kathleen Kajioka & Xavier Sichel, viola
Miguel Bonal Asensio, viola da gamba
Melisande Corriveau, cello
Benoît Vanden Bemden, double bass
Vladimir Lutz and Shinya Yamamoto, lighting.
Pygmalion is considered a perfect example of the French opera-ballet, a genre that combines song, dance and orchestral music. Premiered in 1748 at the Royal Academy of Music in Paris, the work illustrates Rameau's excellence in his innovative use of harmony and his ability to express complex emotions through music. The story is based on the myth of Pygmalion from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
What gives life to art? This is the question that runs through Jean-Philippe Rameau's Pygmalion, an opera-ballet in which sculpture becomes flesh and comes to life under the effect of the gaze and love. This myth, taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses, is brought to life by the brilliant music of Rameau, who presented the work to a Parisian audience in 1748.
A wonderful world!
Booking recommended.
Tickets: €20, €15 (Musique et Mémoire members), €5 (concessions).
At 9 pm, at the Basilica of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Pygmalion
Opera-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Ensemble Masques
Olivier Fortin, conductor and harpsichord
Philippe Gagné, Pygmalion
Judith van Wanroij, L'Amour
Hannah Ely, The Statue
Marie-Frederique Girod, Céphise
Chorus
Corinne Bahuaud, mezzo-soprano
Davy Cornillot, tenor
Josquin Gest, baritone
Clémence Bourgeois and Adrian Saint-Pol, recorders
Rodrigo Gutiérrez and Neven Lesage, oboes
Emmanuel Vignero, bassoon
Simon Pierre, Noyuri Hazama, Maite Larburu Garmendia; Tuomo Suni, Ivan Iliev, violin
Kathleen Kajioka & Xavier Sichel, viola
Miguel Bonal Asensio, viola da gamba
Melisande Corriveau, cello
Benoît Vanden Bemden, double bass
Vladimir Lutz and Shinya Yamamoto, lighting.
Pygmalion is considered a perfect example of the French opera-ballet, a genre that combines song, dance and orchestral music. Premiered in 1748 at the Royal Academy of Music in Paris, the work illustrates Rameau's excellence in his innovative use of harmony and his ability to express complex emotions through music. The story is based on the myth of Pygmalion from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
What gives life to art? This is the question that runs through Jean-Philippe Rameau's Pygmalion, an opera-ballet in which sculpture becomes flesh and comes to life under the effect of the gaze and love. This myth, taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses, is brought to life by the brilliant music of Rameau, who presented the work to a Parisian audience in 1748.
A wonderful world!
Booking recommended.
Tickets: €20, €15 (Musique et Mémoire members), €5 (concessions).