Emmanuel - Promethee enchaine
£13.25
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Label: Melism Records
Cat No: MLSCD030
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Expected Release Date: 10th May 2024
Contents
Artists
Jean Mollien (tenor)Yvon Le Marc’Hadour (bass)
Genvieve Moizan (soprano)
Madalen Lierman (soprano)
Micheline Grancher (mezzo-soprano)
Simone Codinas (mezzo-soprano)
Choeur de la RTF
Orchestre Philharmonique de la RTF
Conductor
Eugene BigotWorks
Promethee enchaine (Prometheus Bound)Artists
Jean Mollien (tenor)Yvon Le Marc’Hadour (bass)
Genvieve Moizan (soprano)
Madalen Lierman (soprano)
Micheline Grancher (mezzo-soprano)
Simone Codinas (mezzo-soprano)
Choeur de la RTF
Orchestre Philharmonique de la RTF
Conductor
Eugene BigotAbout
Beginning in 1895 Emmanuel composed the first version of his opera Prométhée enchaîné, which was completed in 1898. Of this five-act Prométhée only three sheets survive, in the Museum-Library of the Paris Opéra, as Emmanuel destroyed the manuscript. Between 1916 and 1918, Emmanuel composed a ‘lyrical tragedy’ which he then presented to Camille Chevillard and Gabriel Pierné in the winter of 1918-1919, as the two maestros were at the time sharing the musical direction of the Lamoureux-Colonne orchestra. The premiere of the first act took place on 23 March 1919, performed by the Lamoureux-Colonne orchestra, under the direction of Chevillard, with the famous tenor Léon Laffitte in the role of Prometheus.
Prométhée would never be performed in its entirety during the composer’s lifetime. It was not until 1959 that the three acts of the lyrical tragedy were performed in concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The family archives of the Association Maurice Emmanuel kept a complete recording on magnetic tapes of this historic evening. More than fifty years later, Melism Records decided to publish it, in a superb edition including the original French translation, done by Maurice Emmanuel himself, from Aeschylus’s tragedy.
Cast:
- Prométhée: Jean Mollien (tenor)
- Hermès: Yvon Le Marc’Hadour (bass)
- Io: Genviève Moizan (soprano)
- Les Océeanides: Madalen Lierman (soprano), Micheline Grancher (mezzo-soprano), Simone Codinas (mezzo-soprano)
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