Saint-Saens - Phryne (CD + Book) | Bru Zane BZ1047

Saint-Saens - Phryne (CD + Book)

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Label: Bru Zane

Cat No: BZ1047

Format: CD + Book

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 11th February 2022

Contents

Artists

Florie Valiquette
Cyril Dubois
Thomas Dolie
Anais Constans
Francois Rougier
Patrick Bolleire
Choeur du Concert Spirituel
Orchestre de l’Opera de Rouen Normandie

Conductor

Herve Niquet

Works

Saint-Saens, Camille

Phryne

Artists

Florie Valiquette
Cyril Dubois
Thomas Dolie
Anais Constans
Francois Rougier
Patrick Bolleire
Choeur du Concert Spirituel
Orchestre de l’Opera de Rouen Normandie

Conductor

Herve Niquet

About

To mark the centenary of the death of Camille Saint-Saëns, the Palazzetto Bru Zane offers a chance to discover one of his most performed and admired operas in his lifetime, presented here in a rare version. Completed in 1893 and premiered the same year at the Opéra-Comique, the piece amusingly recounts the love affair between Nicias and Phryné, who dupes the old archon Dicephilus in order to avenge his cruelty. Its witty melodies and delightful orchestration made the opera an immediate success in Paris and then throughout France. It was enriched with recitatives composed by André Messager in 1896 to promote its career in theatres abroad. Hervé Niquet’s dashing interpretation brings out to the full the qualities of the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie and the Choeur du Concert Spirituel, thus providing a sparkling backdrop for the virtuosic soprano voice of Florie Valiquette, the refined lyricism of the tenor Cyrille Dubois and the vocal authority of Thomas Dolié’s baritone.

Cast:
- Phryné: Florie Valiquette
- Nicias: Cyril Dubois
- Dicéphile: Thomas Dolié
- Lampito: Anaïs Constans
- Cynapolex: François Rougier
- Agoragine / Un Héraut: Patrick Bolleire

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