
Les Plaisirs de la Paix:
An Entertainment of Opera and Ballet,
featuring music by Charpentier and Lully
The Harvard Early Music Society brings Versailles to life with an evening of entertainment featuring Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Les Arts Florissants (1685) and scenes from Jean-Baptiste Lully's Armide (1686) and Phaëton (1683). This production explores the dilemma of peace — the line between peace of mind and complacency. As a troupe prepares to present its noble patrons with an evening of entertainment, the reality of life outside the theatre cannot be forgotten. With period instruments and dance, in the New College Theater.
CAST
La Gloire: Douglas Dodson
La Sagesse: Julia Cavallaro
Suite de la Gloire: Claire Raphaelson, Paul Halverson, Ari Nieh
Suite de la Sagesse: Robin Worth Reinert, Jessica Rossi, Teri Kowiak, Saee Paliwal
Ensemble: Kaethe Kaufman, Salome Sandoval McNutt,
La Musique: Kaethe Kaufman
La Poésie: Teri Kowiak
La Peinture: Paul Halverson
L'Architecture: Jessica Rossi
La Discorde: Julie Cavallaro
La Paix: Salome Sandoval McNutt
Guerriers/Furies: Robin Worth Reinert, Claire Raphaelson, Douglas Dodson, Saee Paliwal, Ari Nieh
Dancers: Camilla Finlay, Thomas Hecht, Antonia Pugliese, Shayna Skal, Kit Tempest, Louis XIV: Eduardo Perez
STAFF
Producer: Diana Michta
Stage Director: Adriana Isabel Colón
Music Director: Matthew Hall
Assistant Music Directors: Ryaan Ahmed, David Miller
Choreographer: Ken Pierce
Technical Director: Bartley J. Stevens
Stage Manager: Chappell Sargent
Set Designers: Chappel Sargent, Janice He
Costume Designer: Jance He
Lighting Designer: Matthew Warner
Supertitles: Pamina Smith
Projectionist: Levi Roth
Props Designer: Ashley Kaupert
Run Crew: Eddie Horgan, Harleen Gambhir, Sarah Pierce
Ticket Manager: Siphie Duvernoy
Publicity Manager Chappell Sargent
Graphic Designer: Julia Cavallaro
ORCHESTRA
Violin: Marika Holmqvist, Meghan Titzer
Viol: David Miller, Kirsten Lamb
Violoncello: James Williamson
Traverso & Recorder: Janna Stauffer
Traverso: Kateri Chambers
Recorder: Emily Malkin
Theorbo & Guitar: Ryaan Ahmed
Theorbo & Lute: Douglas Freundlich
Harpsicord: Matthew Hall, Tamar Hestrin Grader