Grétry: The Cairo Caravan

"La Caravane du Caire" became the greatest success of the composer André Grétry immediately after its premiere in 1783. This extravagant opéra-ballet transports us to an imaginary Orient, where dazzling characters meet: an ambitious slave trader, an idle pasha, and a desperate couple in love experience a thousand and one adventures against a magnificent backdrop to Grétry's grand music. In a whirlwind of sounds, the Ballet de l'Opéra Royal, together with Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel, immerses itself in a magnificent interpretation of this late 18th-century masterpiece.