Proms 2018 Prom 48: Sir Simon Rattle conducts L’enfant et les sortilèges - BBC Proms

18 Aug 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sat 18 Aug 2018 Next Event

Prom 48: Sir Simon Rattle conducts L’enfant et les sortilèges

19:30 Sat 18 Aug 2018 Royal Albert Hall

Ravel’s magical opera L’enfant et les sortilèges follows his fairy-tale ballet Mother Goose and the oriental aura of Shéhérazade.

Performances & Interviews

02:05

Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade Extract (Prom 48)

A setting of three poems by Tristan Klingsor from his collection called Shéhérazade.

Sep '18BBC Radio 3

Programme

- - Maurice Ravel
  - Mother Goose (ballet)(30 mins)
  - Shéhérazade(17 mins)
- - interval
- - Maurice Ravel
  - L'enfant et les sortilèges(44 mins)(concert performance; sung in French, with surtitles)

Performers

Magdalena Kožená
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Patricia Bardon
Mother/Shepherd/Dragonfly
Mother/Shepherd/Dragonfly
Jane Archibald
Fire/Nightingale/Princess
Fire/Nightingale/Princess
Anna Stéphany
Chair/White Cat/Chinese Cup/Squirrel
Chair/White Cat/Chinese Cup/Squirrel
Elizabeth Watts
Shepherdess/Bat/Owl
Shepherdess/Bat/Owl
Sunnyboy Dladla
Teapot/Little Old Man/Tree-Frog
Teapot/Little Old Man/Tree-Frog
Gavan Ring
Grandfather Clock/Black Cat
Grandfather Clock/Black Cat
David Shipley
Tree/Armchair
Tree/Armchair
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle
conductor
conductor

Composers

Maurice Ravel

About This Event

Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra and an all-star cast, including Magdalena Kožena and Patricia Bardon, present Ravel’s magical opera L’enfant et les sortilèges.

Ravel’s fairy-tale ballet Mother Goose and sensuous song-cycle Shéhérazade complete the programme.

Broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 26 August