Director Robert Carsen and his creative team flood the stage with summer blossoms, drifts of autumn leaves, winter snows and thunderous spring storms. The cast of 140 are attired in elegant costumes inspired by late 1940s Dior. This mythical tale of a young queen, Alphise, determined to abdicate rather than contemplate an enforced marriage to a descendant of Boreas, is nothing less than highly-charged.

Cast

Barbara Bonney

Alphise

Nicolas Rivenq

Adamas/Apollon

Nancy Crowley

Toby Spence

Calisis

Laurent Naouri

Borée

Mistaya Hemingway

Paul Agnew

Abaris

Anna Maria Panzarella

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