Gervais - Hypermnestre
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Label: Glossa
Cat No: GCD924007
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 4th October 2019
Contents
Artists
Katherine WatsonMathias Vidal
Thomas Dolie
Chantal Santon-Jeffery
Manuel Nunez Camelino
Juliette Mars
Philippe-Nicolas Martin
Purcell Choir
Orfeo Orchestra
Conductor
Gyorgy VashegyiWorks
HypermnestreArtists
Katherine WatsonMathias Vidal
Thomas Dolie
Chantal Santon-Jeffery
Manuel Nunez Camelino
Juliette Mars
Philippe-Nicolas Martin
Purcell Choir
Orfeo Orchestra
Conductor
Gyorgy VashegyiAbout
Gervais was a contemporary of Campra and Destouches, learning from Lully and paving the way for Rameau and, like Marais and François Couperin, open to the Italianising trends of “les goûts réunis”. A high-quality libretto from Joseph La Font tackles the story of Hypermnestra which proved so popular in the early eighteenth century.
The Glossa recording contains both the original fifth act and the major revision of it from 1717 and Vashegyi drives the whole tragedy expertly to its bitter (and not-so-bitter) end.
Musically, this tragédie lyrique provides powerful opportunities for the trio of leading characters, here taken by Katherine Watson (Hypermnestre), Thomas Dolié (Danaüs, her father) and Mathias Vidal (Lyncée, her betrothed) but they are ably supported by Juliette Mars, Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Manuel Núñez Camelino and Philippe-Nicolas Martin.
No French opera of this time would have been complete without a generous helping of choral or instrumental music and Gervais – a master of melody, harmony and orchestration – serves these up in a dazzling set of divertissements and festive set pieces full of dances (including a massive passacaille); all this performed with great stylistic awareness and vivacity by Vashegyi’s Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir.
Cast:
- Hypermnestre: Katherine Watson
- Lyncée: Mathias Vidal
- Danaüs: Thomas Dolié
- Une Égyptienne, une Naïade, une Argienne, une Bergère, une Coryphée: Chantal Santon-Jeffery
- Un Égyptien, le Grand Prêtre d’Isis, un Berger, un Coryphée: Manuel Nuñez Camelino
- Isis, une Matelote: Juliette Mars
- Le Nil, Arcas, l’Ombre de Gélanor: Philippe-Nicolas Martin
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