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Engaging & involving: Christophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques release Thésée as their 12th Lully opera album
Lully: Thésée; Mathias Vidal, Karine Deshayes, Deborah Cachet, Philippe Estephe, Benedicte Tauran, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset; Aparté One of Quinault's finest librettos and some of Lully's most varied and imaginative music in a performance that is wonderfully responsive and stylish, with a natural flow and elegance to the dramaLully and Quinault's Thésée was the third of their tragédie en musique, and it has particular significance in that it was the first such to be supported by King Louis XIV. Thésée was presented as part of the Carnival celebrations at court in 1675, its premiere delayed so that it could also be a celebration of the French victory at Turckheim in the war with the Dutch Republic. Following the premiere, at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, it went on to have 18 more performances before being given in Paris in April 1675 and there were regular performances during the later 1670s with revivals […]
2021-02-14 02:09:35
New and recent recordings of interest. — Salieri, Armida; Lenneke Ruiten, Florie Valiquette, Teresa Iervolino, Ashley Riches, Christophe Rousset conducting Les Talens Lyriques and Choeur de chambre de Namur (Aparte) — Josquin, The Golden Renaissance: Missa Pange lingua and other...
2021-02-08 08:26:40
Exploring Antonio Salieri's early inspirations with Les Talens Lyriques' recording of his first opera seria, Armida
Salieri Armida; Lenneke Ruiten, Florie Valiquette, Teresa Iervolino, Ashley Riches, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset; Aparté Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 February 2021 Star rating: 4.5 (★★★★½) Christophe Rousset's exploration of Salieri's operas continues with his first opera seria, a work full of the influences of his patron, GluckHaving explored Antonio Salieri's three operas for Paris, Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques continue their journey through Salieri's operas with the composer's first opera seria, Armida, written for Vienna in 1771. On the Aparté label, Christophe Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques in Salieri's Armida with Lenneke Ruiten (Armida), Florie Valiquette (Rinaldo), Teresa Iervolino (Ismene) and Ashley Riches (Ubaldo) with the Choeur de chambre de Namur. At the age of 16, Salieri was taken under the wing of composer Florian Leopold Gassmann and moved from his native Italy to Vienna, which would be Salieri's base until his death. […]
2020-04-10 09:40:12
The 17th century opera by an Italian composer, premiered in Vienna with a Spanish libretto: Antonio Draghi's El Prometeo
Antonio Draghi El Prometeo; Cappella Mediterranea, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon; Alpha Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 8 April 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Something of a delightful curiosity, a 17th century opera in Spanish, composed by an Italian for performance in ViennaNow this is a real curiosity, an opera written by an Italian composer, premiered in Vienna with a Spanish libretto. Antonio Draghi's El Prometeo (Prometheus) premiered in 1669, and is here revived on Alpha Classics by Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, Cappella Mediterranea and choeur de chambre de Namur with soloists Fabio Trumpy, Scott Conner, Mariana Flores, Giuseppina Bridelli, Borja Quiza, Zachary Wilder, Ana Quintans, Damil Ben Hsain Lachiri, Victor Torres, Anna Reinhold, Alejandro Meerapfel, and Lucia Martin-Carton. The final act of the opera does not survive, so has been completed by Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, and the recording was made following performances at Dijon […]
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