LA CARAVANE DU CAIRE

In Egypt, the Frenchman Saint-Phar wants just one thing: to free his beloved Zélime, under the yoke of the slave trader Husca. He himself is hoping to fetch a very good price by selling her to the Pasha...

Three-act opera-ballet by André-Modeste Grétry (1783)
Booklet: Étienne Morel de Chédeville
Musical direction: Hervé Niquet
Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel
Choreography: Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg
With Le Ballet de l'Opéra royal.
Staging: Marshall Pynkoski
Cast: Hélène Guilmette (Zélime), Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin (Husca/Florestan), Marie Perbost (Almaïde), Pierre Derhet (Saint-Phar), Enguerrand de Hys (Tamorin), Robert Gleadow (Osman Pasha)
Directed by: Daphné Vollereau (France, 2023)
Recorded at the Royal Opera of Versailles on 10 and 11 June 2023.