Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée @ Czech National Theatre, Prague

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée @ Czech National Theatre, Prague (2025)

Music

Platée, a silly and conceited nymph, falls for a fake wedding to Jupiter, king of the gods. This new staging of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Baroque masterpiece is colourful, eccentric, full of wit and free of taboos, yet also surprisingly deep. Louis XV had Platée performed for his son's wedding festivities in 1745. The burlesque raised Rameau’s standing and played a part in his appointment as composer to the court. In 1749, the Paris opera added Platée to its repertoire, notwithstanding the outrage sparked by the libretto.

Directors: Sébastien Glass, SKUTR.

Casts

	Marcel Beekman as
	Václav Luks as
	State Opera Orchestra as
	Collegium Vocale 1704 as

Crew