Rebel/Francoeur - Zelindor | Naxos - Opera 8660224

Rebel/Francoeur - Zelindor

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Label: Naxos - Opera

Cat No: 8660224

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 28th September 2009

Contents

Artists

Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
Heidi Grant Murphy
William Sharp
Ah Young Hong
Opera Lafayette

Conductor

Ryan Brown

Works

Rebel, Francois

Le Trophee: Suite
Zelindor, Roi des Sylphes

Artists

Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
Heidi Grant Murphy
William Sharp
Ah Young Hong
Opera Lafayette

Conductor

Ryan Brown

About

First performed at Versailles in 1745, the opera ballet Zélindor is a delightful rococo pastorale which found favour with Louis XV’s mistress, Madame de Pompadour, no doubt because its story about a king who loves a commoner reflected her own situation.

Opera Lafayette’s 2007 revival was hailed as “brilliant” by The Washington Post, which praised the soloists, headed by Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, and chamber chorus who “sang with a gusto matched by the orchestra’s rhythmic pungency”.

This is the work’s world première recording with full orchestra and chorus.

Contents:
Zélindor, roi des Sylphes (Text by François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif)
- Zélindor, roi des Sylphes: Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
- Zirphé, une mortelle: Heidi Grant Murphy
- Zulim, un Sylphe: William Sharp
- Une Nymphe, une Sylphide: Ah Young Hong

Suite from ‘Le Trophée’ (Text by François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif)
- La Muse: Heidi Grant Murphy
- Le Génie: Jean-Paul Fouchécourt

The evening’s strength, however, was the crisp, resilient playing of the period orchestra, bringing the lilting dance music to colorful life. Opera Lafayette has just recorded the work for release in 2009. Fans of early music should seek it out.” The New York Times, concert review

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