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Jean-Baptiste Lully's Cadmus & Hermione of 1673 was arguably the first true French opera, telling a tragic story (Lully and his librettist Philippe Quinault called it a tragédie en lyrique), employing Italian-style recitatives, and collecting the varied music and dance forms of Louis XIV's opulent court into a coherent narrative that at once celebrated Louis (he is conflated with Cadmus of Thebes) and moved beyond the ceremonial nature of earlier French dramatic music. It's a sprawling work, with five acts, an overture, and a sizable Prologue with its own overture; highlights include a dragon that eats Africans, a monster snake, and a full complement of Greek gods and goddesses. Realization of the work has, until now, been beyond the means of early music performance groups, and this is the world premiere recording of the opera, made in 2019 and based on a 2008 performance at Versailles Palace by some of the same performers. The leader is Vincent Dumestre, conducting the Le Poème Harmonique orchestra and the vocal ensembles Aedes. The forces are large enough to capture the splendor of the music (thankfully, no one-voice-per-part techniques here), and Dumestre is alert to the huge variety of musical devices Lully brings to bear on his story; there are dances, big choruses, bagpipes, and much more. Cadmus & Hermione may be a difficult work to bring to life for modern audiences, but Dumestre keeps things moving along and probably comes as close as anyone could. Of course, anyone interested in the life of the French court in the 17th century will find this an essential acquisition that will keep giving and giving.
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Benoît-Joseph Meier, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Lisandro Abadie, Soloist - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Marine Lafdal-Franc, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Marine Lafdal-Franc, Soloist - Eva Zaïcik, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Marine Lafdal-Franc, Soloist - Eva Zaïcik, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Nicholas Scott, Soloist - Marine Lafdal-Franc, Soloist - Adèle Charvet, Soloist - Kaëlig Boché, Soloist - Benoît-Joseph Meier, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Olivier Fichet, Soloist - Enguerrand de Hys, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Nicholas Scott, Soloist - Adèle Charvet, Soloist - Eva Zaïcik, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Lisandro Abadie, Soloist - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Olivier Fichet, Soloist - Enguerrand de Hys, Soloist - Kaëlig Boché, Soloist - Benoît-Joseph Meier, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Lisandro Abadie, Soloist - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Kaëlig Boché, Soloist - Benoît-Joseph Meier, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Lisandro Abadie, Soloist - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Lisandro Abadie, Soloist - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Lisandro Abadie, Soloist - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Olivier Fichet, Soloist - Enguerrand de Hys, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Lisandro Abadie, Soloist - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Olivier Fichet, Soloist - Enguerrand de Hys, Soloist - Guilhem Worms, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Olivier Fichet, Soloist - Enguerrand de Hys, Soloist - Virgile Ancely, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Lisandro Abadie, Soloist - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Brenda Poupard, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Kaëlig Boché, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Adèle Charvet, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Brenda Poupard, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, Soloist - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
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Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Agathe Boudet, Soloist - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Virgile Ancely, Soloist - Marine Lafdal-Franc, Soloist - Guilhem Worms, Soloist - Brenda Poupard, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Marine Lafdal-Franc, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Lisandro Abadie, Soloist - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Nicholas Scott, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Poème Harmonique, Orchestra - Vincent Dumestre, Conductor - Mathieu Romano, Conductor - Eva Zaïcik, Soloist - Choeur de l'Ensemble Aedes , Choir
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2019 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Album review
Jean-Baptiste Lully's Cadmus & Hermione of 1673 was arguably the first true French opera, telling a tragic story (Lully and his librettist Philippe Quinault called it a tragédie en lyrique), employing Italian-style recitatives, and collecting the varied music and dance forms of Louis XIV's opulent court into a coherent narrative that at once celebrated Louis (he is conflated with Cadmus of Thebes) and moved beyond the ceremonial nature of earlier French dramatic music. It's a sprawling work, with five acts, an overture, and a sizable Prologue with its own overture; highlights include a dragon that eats Africans, a monster snake, and a full complement of Greek gods and goddesses. Realization of the work has, until now, been beyond the means of early music performance groups, and this is the world premiere recording of the opera, made in 2019 and based on a 2008 performance at Versailles Palace by some of the same performers. The leader is Vincent Dumestre, conducting the Le Poème Harmonique orchestra and the vocal ensembles Aedes. The forces are large enough to capture the splendor of the music (thankfully, no one-voice-per-part techniques here), and Dumestre is alert to the huge variety of musical devices Lully brings to bear on his story; there are dances, big choruses, bagpipes, and much more. Cadmus & Hermione may be a difficult work to bring to life for modern audiences, but Dumestre keeps things moving along and probably comes as close as anyone could. Of course, anyone interested in the life of the French court in the 17th century will find this an essential acquisition that will keep giving and giving.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 51 track(s)
- Total length: 02:01:48
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Vincent Dumestre
- Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles
- Genre: Classical
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