Jacquet de la Guerre - Cephale et Procris | Chateau de Versailles Spectacles CVS119

Jacquet de la Guerre - Cephale et Procris

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Label: Chateau de Versailles Spectacles

Cat No: CVS119

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 9th February 2024

Contents

Artists

Erna Nikolovska
Deborah Cachet
Marc Mauillon
Reinoud van Mechelen
Lore Binon
Gwendoline Blondeel
Lisandro Abadie
Samuel Namotte
Choeur de Chambre de Namur
a nocte temporis

Conductor

Reinoud van Mechelen

Works

Guerre, Elisabeth Jacquet de la

Cephale et Procris

Artists

Erna Nikolovska
Deborah Cachet
Marc Mauillon
Reinoud van Mechelen
Lore Binon
Gwendoline Blondeel
Lisandro Abadie
Samuel Namotte
Choeur de Chambre de Namur
a nocte temporis

Conductor

Reinoud van Mechelen

About

1694: the first French opera composed by a woman is premiered at the Académie royale de musique. The fateful destiny of the Greek lovers, driven to blindness and horror by the gods: Cephalus will kill Procris, whom he believes to be unfaithful, and himself... A virtuoso harpsichordist much appreciated by Louis XIV, Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre chose to become a composer at a time when such freedom was virtually unheard of for a woman. Her gamble paid off, with six performances and the admiration of posterity: this flamboyant work has finally been brought back to the public by Reinoud van Mechelen.

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