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'Les Fetes d'Hébé ou Les Talents Lyriques' by J. Ph. Rameau
9 August 2009, 20:00 - Kraków premiere.
Dance and music performance by the United Continuo Service (Germany) and the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet.
An extended set of pictures can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilvic/sets/72157621876267645/

This year's edition of the festival was the premiere of one of the Cracovia Danza Ensemble's most recent projects, prepared in cooperation with the United Continuo Service from Bayreuth (Germany). An opera production of this music and dance show was premiered in September 2008 during the Baroque Opera Festival in Bayreuth, hosted by one of the most beautiful baroque theatres in Europe. This time the German-Polish duo will entertain the audience with ballet scenes from the outstanding work by the baroque opera classic Jean-Phillipe Rameau, performed to the accompaniment of live music.

The show is comprised of three divertissements:

* At the Court of Louis XIV
* The Ballet of Four Continents
* A Pastoral Idyll and Humorous Scenes from the Commedia Dell'arte.

The dance scenes present motifs typical of baroque opera.

Staging and choreography: Romana Agnel
Music director: Jörg Meder
Costumes: Monika Polak-Luścińska

Court Ballet 'Cracovia Danza':
Romana Agnel, Dominika Koj, Ałła Potapova, Magdalena Żmuda, Krzysztof Antkowiak, Sławomir Greś, Filip Jędruch, Sebastian Kubacki.

'United Continuo Service':
Jana Semeradova (traverso, piccolo), Vojtech Semerad (violin), Veronika Jichova (violin), Jörg Meder (viola da gamba), Axel Wolf (theorbe).