Marcel Beekman

4 pieces since 2014 — in 3 roles, at 1 company, most often at Opéra National de Paris.

4 pieces
3 roles
1 company
13 years

Role Falsacappa

Role Licco

Role Platée

Platée du jour

What must have raced through the mind of the none-too-comely Spanish Infanta when she learned that the opera to be performed during the celebrations for her 1745 wedding to the French Dauphin revolved around the comeuppance of an ugly yet vain water nymph tricked into believing Jupiter was her ardent suitor?

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