JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY

 

Cadmus & Hermione

 

Tragédie lyrique 1673

 

Cadmus......André Morsch

Hermione......Claire Lefilliâtre

Arbas/Pan......Arnaud Marzorati

La Nourrice/Dieu champêtre......Jean-François Lombard

Charite/Melisse......Isabelle Druet

Draco/Mars......Arnaud Richard

L'Amour/Pales......Camille Poul

Le Soleil/Premier Prince Tirie......David Ghilardi

Le Grand Sacrificateur/Jupiter......Geoffroy Buffière

Premier Africain/L'Envie......Romain Champion

Second Prince Tirien......Vincent Vantyghem

Junon/Aglante......Luanda Siqueira

Pallas......Eugénie Warnier

Second Africain......Anthony Lopapa

Echion Jan......Jeroen Bredelwold

L'Hymen......Élodie Fonnard

Vénus......Hélène Richer

 

Le Poème Harmonique / Vincent Dumestre

 

Director - Martin Fraudreau

Artistic & musical direction - Vincent Dumestre

Stage management - Benjamin Lazar, Louise Moaty

Choreography - Gudrun Skamletz

Chorus master - Daniel Bargier

 

Recorded at the Opera Comique, Paris January 2008

 

Vincent Dumestre (musical direction) and Benjamin Lazar (stage management), have produced Cadmus et Hermione, the very first French opera, composed in 1673 by Lully to a libretto by Philippe Quinault. With its historically aware design and costumes, machinery, body language and pronunciation, entirely candle-lit, this production ought to become a landmark in the rediscovery of baroque opera. It is also a unique opportunity to discover a musical masterpiece fallen in oblivion over the last three centuries.

 

NTSC all regions 16/9 DVD9

Sound Dolby 5.1 stereo

Subtitles: English, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Japanese

 

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