Mozart - Les Mysteres d’Isis
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Label: Glossa
Cat No: GCD921630
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 16th October 2015
Contents
Artists
Chantal Santon-JefferyMarie Lenormand
Renata Pokupic
Sebastien Droy
Tassis Christoyannis
Jean Teitgen
Camille Poul
Jennifer Borghi
Elodie Mechain
Mathias Vidal
Marc Labonnette
Flemish Radio Choir
Le Concert Spirituel
Conductor
Diego FasolisWorks
Les Mysteres d'Isis (arr. of Die Zauberflote by LW Lachnith and EM de Chedeville)Artists
Chantal Santon-JefferyMarie Lenormand
Renata Pokupic
Sebastien Droy
Tassis Christoyannis
Jean Teitgen
Camille Poul
Jennifer Borghi
Elodie Mechain
Mathias Vidal
Marc Labonnette
Flemish Radio Choir
Le Concert Spirituel
Conductor
Diego FasolisAbout
Long before the advent of surtitles in the opera house, success across Europe of new dramatic works depended on their plots being understood by local audiences. Such was the case for the German singspiel that is Mozart’s 'Die Zauberflöte', and when it was introduced in Paris in 1801 it was adapted and re-titled 'Les Mystères d’Isis': this is the opera which Le Concert Spirituel and the Flemish Radio Choir present here with Diego Fasolis conducting the ensembles in place of the then indisposed Hervé Niquet.
Little of Mozart’s operatic music was known at that time in Paris and any production for the Opéra needed to include recitatives, ballets, no théâtre parlé, and to be performable by the standing company. Hence, arranger Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith and librettist Étienne Morel de Chédeville set to the task of adapting 'The Magic Flute'. What Morel came up with respects the general outlines of Schickaneder’s libretto, although most of the characters are renamed. Musically-speaking, this is a pasticcio: whilst much of the original music was retained there are interpolations from other Mozart operas.
The production for this recording is another of the Palazzetto Bru Zane’s sterling efforts at recreating music from the 19th century in France: in the booklet, Alexandre Dratwicki and Étienne Jardin take us through the genesis and success of 'Les Mystères d’Isis'. That this opera proved to be such a success in Paris is in part due to the Egyptomania then sweeping through the country. What remains today is the glory of Mozart’s music as presented to Parisian audiences in Napoleonic France.
Cast:
- Chantal Santon-Jeffery: Pamina
- Marie Lenormand: Mona
- Renata Pokupic: Myrrène
- Sébastien Droy: Isménor
- Tassis Christoyannis: Bochoris
- Jean Teitgen: Zarastro
- Camille Poul: 1ère Dame, 1ère Suivante
- Jennifer Borghi: 2e Dame, 2e Suivante
- Élodie Méchain: 3e Dame, 3e Suivante
- Mathias Vidal: 1er Prêtre, 1er Ministre
- Marc Labonnette: Le Gardien, 2e Prêtre, 2e Ministre
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