Duron - Coronis | Alpha ALPHA788

Duron - Coronis

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Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA788

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 25th February 2022

Contents

Artists

Ana Quintans (soprano)
Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano)
Cyril Auvity (tenor)
Anthea Pichanick (contralto)
Victoire Bunel (mezzo-soprano)
Marielou Jacquard (mezzo-soprano)
Caroline Meng (mezzo-soprano)
Brenda Poupard (mezzo-soprano)
Olivier Fichet (tenor)
Le Poeme Harmonique

Conductor

Vincent Dumestre

Works

Duron, Sebastian

Coronis

Artists

Ana Quintans (soprano)
Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano)
Cyril Auvity (tenor)
Anthea Pichanick (contralto)
Victoire Bunel (mezzo-soprano)
Marielou Jacquard (mezzo-soprano)
Caroline Meng (mezzo-soprano)
Brenda Poupard (mezzo-soprano)
Olivier Fichet (tenor)
Le Poeme Harmonique

Conductor

Vincent Dumestre

About

This recording provides an opportunity to discover a forgotten Baroque operatic treasure, a zarzuela, the key dramatic and musical genre of the Spanish Golden Age. Sumptuous choruses, poignant arias and folksongs blend in a rich and spectacular narrative, whose music was falsely attributed to Antonio Literes before Sebastián Durón (1660-1716) was acknowledged as its composer in 2009! Another peculiarity of the work is that it is sung by seven sopranos, who are even given the roles of Apollo, Neptune and the monster Triton. Only the part of an old man, the seer Proteus, is assigned to a tenor. Ana Quintans in the title role, Isabelle Druet, Anthéa Pichanick, Caroline Meng and Cyril Auvity are among the cast of this colourful zarzuela, whose modern stage premiere in 2019 enjoyed great success.

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