Venus, irritated by the young mortal Psyche whose beauty radiates all across the world, dispatches Cupid to impose a thousand trials upon her, which the young victim triumphs over to the point of becoming immortal. In this mythological fable, which is his sixth tragedie lyrique (1678), Lully shows off his immense talent and takes revenge on Moliere, for whom he had written the music of a monumental Psyche in 1671, and which had been the cause of their falling out. A connoisseur of Lully, Christophe Rousset conducts a sumptuous cast that gives his Psyche all the lustre of the great French operas!
Bré’s gorgeous mezzo is a voice I noted for attention some years ago, but here she attains new heights in one of her most demanding roles yet,,,We are here concerned with a stellar achievement. Christophe Rousset’s Lully needs no endorsement from me or anyone else at this point; Lully and Rousset is quite simply a marriage made in heaven. Throughout, the music breathes and dances as if it were of the conductor’s own making.
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