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ΣΥΝΘΕΤΗΣ: Jean-Baptiste Lully

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Composers

Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-87)

Works

Lully: Persée

Conductors

Niquet, Hervé

Groups & Artists

Christoyannis, Tassis
Concert Spirituel, Le
Dubois, Cyrille
Watson, Katherine
Wilder, Zachary

2CD + Book

Nearly a century after its composition, Lully's Persee was recreated in 1770 to mark an exceptional event: the inauguration of the Royal Opera House at Versailles Palace, built to celebrate the wedding of the Dauphin (the future Louis XVI) and Marie Antoinette. For this unique occasion, three composers (Antoine Dauvergne, Fran?ois Rebel and Bernard de Bury) were commissioned to revise Lully's work and adapt it to the new circumstances and the new venue, which was regarded as absolutely extraordinary in its time.

Lovers of Lully's opera will therefore meet their mythological hero again, now with a richer orchestration and more for the chorus and the ballet dancers to do. There were only two performances in 1770, but they were absolutely sumptuous: 95 choristers, 15 soloists, 80 dancers, 100 extras, 80 instrumentalists, five sets and 530 costumes. You can now relive that historic event thanks to a recording conducted by the leading specialist in this repertory, Herve Niquet, and a CD-book richly illustrated with engravings of the period and photos of the Opera Royal and of manuscripts of the score.

Recorded at Versailles Palace in 2016, in collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.

June 2017

This fascinating intersection of Lulliste reception and cultural and political history comes alive in Hervé Niquet’s vibrant recording made in the Royal Opera at Versailles. Katherine Watson’s jealous Mèrope, Tassis Christoyannis’s villainous Phinée, Marie Kalinine’s bitter Méduse, Hélène Guilmette’s anguished Andromède and Mathias Vidal’s full-blooded Persée all sing with spirited commitment

October 2017

The performance, given added authenticity by being recorded in Opera Royal at Versaillies, is largely excellent, especially where Niquet and his forces become caught up in the dramatic momentum of such passages as the end of Act 3.

April 2017

Lully's tragédie lyrique crackles with dramatic energy in this taut, pacy account from Niquet and a largely Francophone cast, who sing with full-blooded commitment; Marie Kalinine is a voluptuous Mèduse, Katherine Watson sings with real pathos as the ill-fated Mérope, and high tenor Mathias Vidal swashbuckles with style as the eponymous hero.