De Rameau aux Caraibes

and its delegated producer ERDA,, Insula orchestraBaroque without bordersJeanine De Bique, Trinidadian soprano acclaimed at the Paris Opera in major Baroque roles – from Alcina to Susanna – takes on a programme as bold as it is unprecedented: setting the great opera arias of Handel and Rameau in dialogue with the traditional music of the Caribbean, wedding songs, dance tunes and percussion from the islands.

A return journey between two shores of the Atlantic, between Baroque Europe and the Caribbean of the 18th century, revealing the unsuspected connections between these two worlds.

Alongside her, Apollo's Fire – one of America's most renowned Baroque ensembles, founded by harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell – makes its debut at La Seine Musicale.

Honoured by the international press (BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone), the ensemble is known for programmes conceived as genuine musical narratives, vivid and theatrical. A rare evening, at the crossroads of cultures and continents. Performed on period instruments.

Duration: 1h30 with interval PROGRAMME Works by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Marais, Lully... and traditional Caribbean works