{"id":5845,"date":"2025-11-10T12:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/temps-fort\/2011\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:07:00","slug":"2011","status":"publish","type":"temps-fort","link":"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/en\/temps-fort\/2011\/","title":{"rendered":"2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Etienne Gautier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading title hide-desktop has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\"><span class='first-char'>T<\/span>h<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>o<\/span>perati<span class='last-char'>c<\/span> <span class='first-char'>d<\/span>ebut<span class='last-char'>:<\/span> <span class='first-char'>a<\/span> <span class='first-char'>R<\/span>amea<span class='last-char'>u<\/span> <span class='first-char'>c<\/span>ycl<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>a<\/span>t <span class='first-char'>t<\/span>h<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>B<\/span>eaun<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>F<\/span>estiva<span class='last-char'>l<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">In 2011, Pygmalion opened the opera chapter of its project at the Beaune Festival with Jean-Philippe Rameau\u2019s <em>Dardanus.<\/em> This title inaugurated a cycle devoted to the composer&#8217;s lyric tragedies, celebrated in his native Burgundy. Pygmalion returned the following year with <em>Hippolyte et Aricie<\/em>, then <em>Castor et Pollux<\/em> in 2013, and <em>Zoroastre<\/em> in 2016. Rameau has become an integral part of Pygmalion&#8217;s identity. <em>Dardanus <\/em>was also Pygmalion\u2019s first staged production, directed by Michel Fau at the Op\u00e9ra de Bordeaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">Rapha\u00ebl Pichon favours the later editions of these lyric tragedies: premiered in 1739 at the Palais-Royal and criticised for its libretto, <em>Dardanus<\/em> was reworked by Rameau, who offered a new version in 1744. The same is true for <em>Hippolyte et Aricie<\/em>, premiered in 1733 and revised in 1757. In 2013, he explained: \u2018These later versions were written ten or even twenty years after the works\u2019 creation, and thus benefit from all the experience of a composer who had been composing operas for thirty years. They go straight to the heart of the matter, while offering a wealth of new music and numerous increasingly rich and refined reorchestrations.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_1.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Etienne Gautier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading title hide-mobile has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\"><span class='first-char'>T<\/span>h<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>o<\/span>perati<span class='last-char'>c<\/span> <span class='first-char'>d<\/span>ebut<span class='last-char'>:<\/span> <span class='first-char'>a<\/span> <span class='first-char'>R<\/span>amea<span class='last-char'>u<\/span> <span class='first-char'>c<\/span>ycl<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>a<\/span>t <span class='first-char'>t<\/span>h<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>B<\/span>eaun<span class='last-char'>e<\/span> <span class='first-char'>F<\/span>estiva<span class='last-char'>l<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Rapha\u00ebl Pichon, a future great. He already has the charisma of a true maestro. Here is the next generation of our great Baroque conductors.\u2019 (<em>Le Figaro<\/em>, Christian Merlin, 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The Pygmalion orchestra and choir, conducted by the visibly inspired Rapha\u00ebl Pichon, were excellent from start to finish. It was cold in the courtyard of the Hospices de Beaune, but this <em>Dardanus<\/em> warmed our ears and our hearts.\u2019 (<em>Le Monde<\/em>, Marie-Aude Roux, 2011)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"861\" src=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_5.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_5-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_6-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_6-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_6-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_6.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_2-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_2-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dardanus_Etienne-Gautier_2.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-5845","temps-fort","type-temps-fort","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2011 - Pygmalion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/en\/temps-fort\/2011\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2011 - Pygmalion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The operatic debut: a Rameau cycle at the Beaune Festival In 2011, Pygmalion opened the opera chapter of its project at the Beaune Festival with Jean-Philippe Rameau\u2019s Dardanus. 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