2026-2027 season The Dream of Elsewhere...

The music is utterly sublime. It is no coincidence that, since the early days of Les Talens Lyriques, I have devoted myself to exploring Handel’s works, a path that remains as fruitful nearly thirty-five years later, such is the inexhaustible richness and beauty of his music. Ariodante has been a key milestone along the way, and it is with great pleasure that I return to it here, having last conducted it in Vienna in 2019. As for the soloists, I have chosen a cast of outstanding young singers, whose vocal freshness has captivated me as much as their exceptional virtuosity.

Les Talens Lyriques, named after the subtitle of Rameau’s 1739 opera Les Fêtes d’Hébé, was founded in 1991 by harpsichordist and conductor Christophe Rousset.

Spanning a wide vocal and instrumental repertoire from the early Baroque to the dawn of Romanticism, the ensemble seeks to shed new light on music history’s great masterpieces—viewed through the prism of rare or previously unperformed works that often serve as the missing links in Europe’s musical heritage. Musicological research and editorial work are central to the ensemble’s mission, playing a vital role in its artistic identity and international reputation.