Moliere at the Opera: Stage music by Jean-Baptiste Lully
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Label: Glossa
Cat No: GCD923509
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 7th October 2016
Contents
Works
Le Mariage force (excerpts)Le Sicilien (excerpts)
La Pastorale comique (excerpts)
La Princesse d'Elide (excerpts)
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (excerpts)
Les Amants magnifiques (excerpts)
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (excerpts)
Psyche (excerpts)
Artists
Luanda Siqueira (soprano)Jean-Francois Lombard (tenor)
Jerome Billy (tenor)
Virgile Ancely (bass)
Les Paladins
Conductor
Jerome CorreasWorks
Le Mariage force (excerpts)Le Sicilien (excerpts)
La Pastorale comique (excerpts)
La Princesse d'Elide (excerpts)
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (excerpts)
Les Amants magnifiques (excerpts)
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (excerpts)
Psyche (excerpts)
Artists
Luanda Siqueira (soprano)Jean-Francois Lombard (tenor)
Jerome Billy (tenor)
Virgile Ancely (bass)
Les Paladins
Conductor
Jerome CorreasAbout
The musical and theatrical partnership involving Lully and Molière – they were dubbed ‘les deux Baptiste’ – was one of the most invigorating ever entered into, marrying melody, words, acting and a shared hunger for fame.
The collaboration spanned ten works over a decade from 1661. Although Molière never provided the words for a Lully opera, the great dramatist clearly inspired the composer in his later tragédies lyriques, a view upheld by the essayist for this recording, Elisabeth Giuliani.
As well as presenting scenes from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, this new Glossa recording draws on the humorous end of the Molière/Lully partnership in Monsieur de Pourceaugnac as well as more tragic airs from Psyché, by way of the trio grotesque from Charpentier’s score for Le Mariage forcé. Luanda Siqueira, Jean-François Lombard, Jérôme Billy and Virgile Ancely are the versatile vocal quartet brought together by Jerôme Correas, alive to the daunting and frequently crazy characterisations demanded by Lully and Molière.
Vocal and instrumental pieces from the comédies-ballets created by Molière (1622-1673) and:
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1697):
- Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
- Psyché
- La Pastorale comique
- Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
- Les Amants magnifiques
- La Princesse d’Élide
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704):
- Le Mariage forcé
- Le Sicilien
Recorded at the Opéra de Reims, France, December 2015
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