Marais - Semele | Glossa GCD921631

Marais - Semele

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Label: Glossa

Cat No: GCD921631

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 15th December 2017

Contents

Artists

Shannon Mercer
Benedicte Tauran
Jael Azzaretti
Hjordis Thebault
Anders J Dahlin
Thomas Dolie
Lisandro Abadie
Marc Labonnette
Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor

Herve Niquet

Works

Marais, Marin

Semele

Artists

Shannon Mercer
Benedicte Tauran
Jael Azzaretti
Hjordis Thebault
Anders J Dahlin
Thomas Dolie
Lisandro Abadie
Marc Labonnette
Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor

Herve Niquet

About

For this 2007 recording with Le Concert Spirituel which we now reissue with a new presentation, Hervé Niquet revived Sémélé by Marin Marais. Known above all for his compositions for the viola da gamba, Marais the composer was at the same time the author of a number of tragedies lyriques which he wrote for the Academie royale de Musique. Sémélé, first performed in 1709, is the final opera by one of the leading composers from the reign of Louis XIV and contains a sparkling prologue honouring Bacchus, a set of arias with a freshly-minted appeal, a marvellously inventive diabolical scene, divertissements rich in character; all this leading up to an earthquake scene memorably anticipating the later work of Rameau.

For all lovers of glorious Baroque music, here is now the opportunity to re-discover and enjoy a masterpiece which had lain in the shadows for three centuries.

Cast:
- Sémélé: Shannon Mercer
- Dorine: Bénédicte Tauran
- La Grande Prêtresse de Bacchus: Jaël Azzaretti
- Junon: Hjördis Thébault
- Adraste: Anders J Dahlin
- Jupiter: Thomas Dolié
- Mercure: Lisandro Abadie
- Cadmus, Le Grand Prêtre de Bacchus: Marc Labonnette

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