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Lully - Proserpine | Glossa GCD921615

Lully - Proserpine

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Label: Glossa

Cat No: GCD921615

Barcode: 8424562016156

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 29th September 2008

Contents

Artists

Salome Haller
Benedicte Tauran
Stephanie d’Oustrac
Hjordis Thebault
Blandine Staskiewicz
Cyril Auvity
Francois-Nicolas Geslot
Benoit Arnould
Marc Labonnette
Pierre-Yves Pruvot
Joao Fernandes
Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor

Herve Niquet

Works

Lully, Jean-Baptiste

Proserpine

Artists

Salome Haller
Benedicte Tauran
Stephanie d’Oustrac
Hjordis Thebault
Blandine Staskiewicz
Cyril Auvity
Francois-Nicolas Geslot
Benoit Arnould
Marc Labonnette
Pierre-Yves Pruvot
Joao Fernandes
Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor

Herve Niquet

About

Present as a singer in the chorus of Les Arts Florissants in 1987 when William Christie put on Lully's Atys [recorded for harmonia mundi], Herve Niquet formed his own ensemble, Le Concert Spirituel that same year. Since that time he has balanced his own endeavours to stage (and record) key French tragédies with his other musical interests.

Niquet's latest incursion into French Baroque opera comes with Lully's prologue and five-act Proserpine, joining Destouches' 'Callirhoé' and Marais' 'Sémélé': a group which Glossa has been releasing in elegant editions over the last few years. Additionally, the recordings have all followed performances of the works, especially at the Opéra de Montpellier where Le Concert Spirituel is currently in residence.

Three centuries after the first performance in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel pay tribute to the genius of Lully with a new recording of Proserpine made just after stagings in both Paris and Versailles. Together with a cast of top soloists, well-versed in the demands of French Baroque singing and with his incomparable Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet once more conjures up a dramatic feast.

Cast:
- Salomé Haller (Proserpine)
- Bénédicte Tauran (La Paix);
- Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Cérès)
- Hjördis Thébault (La Victoire);
- Blandine Staskiewicz (Aréthuse, Cyané)
- Cyril Auvity (Alphée);
- François-Nicolas Geslot (Mercure)
- Benoît Arnould (Ascalaphe);
- Marc Labonnette (Jupiter, Crinise);
- Pierre-Yves Pruvot (La Discorde)
- Joao Fernandes (Pluton)

Recorded in Versailles and Poissy in September 2006 and November 2007.

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