# Les Arts Florissants at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, November 9, 2017

[Cal Performances](https://calperformances.org/performances/2017-18/early-music/les-arts-florissants.php) presents [Les Arts Florissants](http://www.arts-florissants.com/), performing Charpentier's _Actéon_ and Purcell's _Dido and Aeneas_  
[Zellerbach Hall Auditorium](http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/)  
[U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=U.C.+Berkeley,+Bancroft+Way+at+Telegraph+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA+94305+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Thursday, November 9, 2017

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[7 PM Pre-performance Talk with musicologist Victor Gavenda]

## Set One: Charpentier: Actéon

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704): Actéon, H.481 (1685)

* [Libretto](http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/acteon.html)
* [Score](http://hz.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/9/90/IMSLP11253-Act%C3%A9on_score.pdf)

Dramatis Personae

* [Lea Desandre](https://www.leadesandre.com/): mezzo-soprano vox, as _Junon_
* [Renato Dolcini](https://www.renatodolcini.com/): baritone vox, as _Chasseur_
* [Elodie Fonnard](https://www.elodiefonnard.com/accueil-en): soprano vox, as _Diane_
* [Maud Gnidzaz](https://www.facebook.com/Maud-Gnidzaz-Soprano-124046627702045/): soprano vox, as _Hyale_
* [Rachel Redmond](https://rachelredmondsoprano.com/): soprano vox, as _Arthébuze_
* [Virginie Thomas](https://www.virginiethomas.fr/): soprano vox, as _Daphné_
* [Reinoud Van Mechelen](http://www.reinoudvanmechelen.be/en): tenor vox, as _Actéon_


[8:04 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

01. [8:07 PM] _Ouverture_  
   
Scène Première: _dans la vallée de Gargaphie_
02. [8:08 PM] _Chœur de Chasseurs_
03. [8:09 PM] _Air d'Actéon_
04. [8:10 PM] _Duo de Chasseurs et Chœur de Chasseurs_  
   
Scène Seconde: Diane, Arethuze, Daphné, Hyale et Chœur des Nimphes de Diane 
05. [8:12 PM] _Air de Diane et Chœur de Nymphes_
06. [8:13 PM] _Duo de Daphné et Hyalé_
07. [8:17 PM] _Air d'Aréthuse et Chœur de Nymphes_  
   
Scène Troisième: Actéon, Diane, Aréthuze, Daphné, Hyale et Chœur des Nimphes
08. [8:20 PM] _Recitatif et Air d'Actéon_
09. [8:24 PM] _Duo de Diane et Actéon_
10. [8:m PM] _Chœur de Nymphes_  
   
Scène Quatrième: Actéon seu
11. [8:27 PM] _Recitatif d'Actéon_
12. [8:29 PM] _Plainte_  
   
Scène Cinquième: Chœur des Chasseurs, Actéon en Cerf
13. [8:33 PM] _Chœur de Chasseurs_  
   
Scène Sixième: Junon, Chœur de Chasseurs
14. [8:34 PM] _Air de Junon et Chœur de Chasseurs_
15. [8:40 PM] _Chœur de Chasseurs_  
[set ends 8:42 PM; bows and applause, then all off after a few minutes]

## Set Two: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell (1659–1695): Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (1688); libretto by Nahum Tate (1652-1715)

* [Libretto](https://www.naxos.com/education/opera_libretti.asp?pn=&char=ALL&composer=Purcell&opera=Dido_and_Aeneas&libretto_file=00_Synopsis.htm)
* [Libretto (alt source)](http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/dido.html)
* [Score (german)](http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/d/dc/IMSLP379094-PMLP05472-Partitur.pdf)

Dramatis Personae

* [Lea Desandre](https://www.leadesandre.com/): mezzo-soprano vox, as _Dido_, Queen of Carthage
* [Renato Dolcini](https://www.renatodolcini.com/): baritone vox, as _Aeneas_, a Trojan prince
* [Elodie Fonnard](https://www.elodiefonnard.com/accueil-en): soprano vox, as second woman
* [Maud Gnidzaz](https://www.facebook.com/Maud-Gnidzaz-Soprano-124046627702045/): soprano vox, as first witch
* [Rachel Redmond](https://rachelredmondsoprano.com/): soprano vox, as _Belinda_, Dido's confidante
* [Virginie Thomas](https://www.virginiethomas.fr/): soprano vox, as second witch
* [Carlo Vistoli](http://www.carlovistoli.com/): countertenor vox, as _Sorceress_
* [Reinoud Van Mechelen](http://www.reinoudvanmechelen.be/en): tenor vox, as _Spirit_, in the form of Mercury, and _Sailor_
* Company: Dido's train, Aeneas' train, Fairies, Sailors

[9:04 PM lights down, performers out]

01. [9:05 PM] _Overture_  
   
Act I
02. [9:07 PM] Solo and Chorus: _Shake the Cloud_
03. [9:08 PM] Dido: _Ah! Belinda_
04. [9:m PM] Recitative: _Grief Increases_
05. [9:13 PM] Chorus: _When Monarchs Unite_
06. [9:m PM] Recitative: _Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring_
07. [9:m PM] Duet and Chorus: _Fear No Danger_
08. [9:m PM] Recitative: _See Your Royal Guest_
09. [9:17 PM] Chorus: _Cupid Only Throws the Dart_
10. [9:17 PM] Recitative: _If Not for Mine_
11. [9:18 PM] Air: _Persue Thy Conquest_
12. [9:19 PM] Chorus: _To the Hills and the Vales_
13. [9:20 PM] _The Triumphing Dance_  
   
Act II
01. [9:m PM] _Prelude for the Witches_
02. [9:21 PM] Chorus: _Harm's Our Delight_
03. [9:m PM] Recitative: _The Queen of Carthage_
04. [9:m PM] Chorus: _Ho! Ho! Ho!_
05. [9:m PM] Recitative: _Ruin'd Ere the Set of Sun_
06. [9:m PM] Chorus: _Ho! Ho! Ho!_
07. [9:m PM] Duet: _But, Ere we This Perform_
08. [9:m PM] Chorus: _In Our Deep Vaulted Cell_
09. [9:m PM] _Echo Dance of Furies_
10. [9:m PM] _Ritornelle_
11. [9:28 PM] Song and Chorus: _Thanks to These Lonesome Vales_
12. [9:32 PM] Song: _Oft She Visits_
13. [9:m PM] Recitative: _Behold, Upon My Bended Spear_
14. [9:34 PM] Song and Chorus: _Haste to Town_
15. [9:35 PM] Recitative: _Stay, Prince_  
   
Act III
01. [9:38 PM] Prelude, Song and Chorus: _Come Away, Fellow Sailors_
02. [9:m PM] The Sailors' Dance
03. [9:40 PM] Recitative: _See the Flags_
04. [9:m PM] Song: _Our Next Motion Must Be to Storm_
05. [9:m PM] Chorus: _Destruction's Our Delight_
06. [9:m PM] _The Witches' Dance_
07. [9:44 PM] Recitative: _Your Counsel_
08. [9:m PM] Recitative: _But Death, Alas!_
09. [9:m PM] Chorus: _Great Minds_
10. [9:49 PM] Recitative: _Thy Hand, Belinda_
11. [9:m PM] Song: _When I am Laid in Earth_
12. [9:m PM] _With Drooping Wings_  
[show ends 9:55 PM; applause, bows, more applause, more bows; all off, eventually...]


## Performers

* [Paul Agnew](http://www.agnewpaul.com/en/), associate music director, associate conductor
* [William Christie](http://www.arts-florissants.com/): director;
* Sophie de Bardonnèche: viola;
* [Lea Desandre](https://www.leadesandre.com/): mezzo-soprano vox;
* [Renato Dolcini](https://www.renatodolcini.com/): baritone vox;
* [Thomas Dunford](https://www.facebook.com/thomasdunford): lute, theorboro;
* [Pier Luigi Fabretti](https://www.facebook.com/Fabretti): oboe;
* [Elodie Fonnard](https://www.elodiefonnard.com/accueil-en): soprano vox;
* [Maud Gnidzaz](https://www.facebook.com/Maud-Gnidzaz-Soprano-124046627702045/): soprano vox;
* [Théotime Langlois de swarte](https://www.facebook.com/theotime.langloisdeswarte): baroque violin;
* [Rachel Redmond](https://rachelredmondsoprano.com/): soprano vox;
* Emmanuel Resche: baroque violin;
* [Virginie Thomas](https://www.virginiethomas.fr/): soprano vox;
* [Alix Verzier](https://www.facebook.com/alix.verzier): cello;
* [Carlo Vistoli](http://www.carlovistoli.com/): countertenor vox;
* [Reinoud Van Mechelen](http://www.reinoudvanmechelen.be/en): tenor vox;

## Notes

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