COMPANY: Naxos
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Andre Ernest Modeste Gretry

Product: 730099030571

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André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry was the greatest French composer of opéra-comique in the eighteenth century. His librettist for Le Magnifique, Jean-Michel Sedaine, took a tale by La Fontaine and fashioned it into a compelling libretto. Grétry responded with an outstanding score, including one of the first programmatic overtures in musical history. His expressive love music, and extended preludes and postludes, add to the theatrical variety of this important and varied opera.

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor), Marguerite Krull (soprano), Karim Sulayman (tenor), Randall Scarlata (baritone), Jeffrey Thompson (tenor), Douglas Williams (baritone), Elizabeth Calleo (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra
Ryan Brown
Recorded: 6-8 February 2011
Recording Venue: Dekelboum Hall, Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA