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Pauline Viardot - Le Dernier Sorcier | Bridge BRIDGE9515

Pauline Viardot - Le Dernier Sorcier

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Label: Bridge

Cat No: BRIDGE9515

Barcode: 0090404951527

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 8th March 2019

Contents

Artists

Eric Owens
Jamie Barton
Camille Zamora
Adriana Zabala
Michael Slattery
Sarah Brailey
Myra Huang
Liana Pailodze Harron
Michelle Oesterle
Manhattan Girls Chorus
Trudie Styler (narrator)

Works

Viardot, Pauline

Le Dernier Sorcier (The Last Sorcerer)

Artists

Eric Owens
Jamie Barton
Camille Zamora
Adriana Zabala
Michael Slattery
Sarah Brailey
Myra Huang
Liana Pailodze Harron
Michelle Oesterle
Manhattan Girls Chorus
Trudie Styler (narrator)

About

One hundred and fifty years ago, the great mezzo-soprano, composer, and pedagogue Pauline García Viardot created the salon opera Le Dernier Sorcier ('The Last Sorcerer') in collaboration with the acclaimed Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev. The piece centred on themes of power and progress, gender and equality, and the restoration of natural order in an ever-changing world.

A chamber opera in two acts, Le Dernier Sorcier revolves around Krakamiche, a once-powerful sorcerer whose presence in the great woods has upset the fairies, the forest’s rightful inhabitants, and disturbed the harmony of the land. Through the combined efforts of the fairy folk and their queen, the sorcerer's daughter and her prince, and a hapless valet, Krakamiche ultimately learns key truths about humility, love, and living in harmony with the natural world.

Viardot's original manuscript, scored for solo voices, treble chorus, and piano, was held in a private collection for over a century, and as such, the work essentially vanished. Recently, the original piano-vocal score was acquired by Harvard University’s Houghton Library, which has granted permission to produce this world premiere recording.

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