La Caravane Du Caire DVD

La Caravane du Caire became the greatest success of its composer, André Grétry, as soon as it premiered in 1783. This flamboyant opéra-ballet takes us to a fantasised Orient, where colourful characters meet: an ambitious slave trader, an idle Pasha, and distraught lovers experience a thousand adventures in a sumptuous setting, to the sound of Grétry’s superb instrumentation. In a whirlwind of precious fabrics, the Ballet de l’Opéra Royal accompanies Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel in a brilliant rendition of this late 18th-century masterpiece.