2026-2027 season The Dream of Elsewhere...

La clemenza di Tito transports us to an imagined Rome, shaped by an ideal of integrity and justice far removed from the political intrigues that animated the ancient world. Here, Antiquity is reinterpreted through the lens of an eighteenth century steeped in the ideals of the Enlightenment, those very principles that form the foundation of our democratic and humanist heritage, and which are so often under threat today. Above all, this is an opera about the strength of friendship, for it is the bond that unites Sesto, Annio, and Tito that drives the drama.

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.