Herve Niquet; Le Concert Spirituel; Helene Guilmette; Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin; Marie Perbost; Pierre Derhet; Enguerrand de Hys; Robert Gleadow; Lili Aymonino; Chantal Santon Jeffery; Benoit Descamps - Gretry: La Caravane du Caire

La Caravane du Caire became the greatest success of its composer, Andre Gretry, as soon as it premiered in 1783.
This flamboyant opera-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 Gretry's superb instrumentation. In a whirlwind of precious fabrics, the Ballet de l'Opera Royal
accompanies Herve Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel in a brilliant rendition of this late 18th-century masterpiece.