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Cherubini's Médée, with a French libretto, received its premiere in Paris in 1797. Although the subject is grimly tragic, it was classified, like Carmen, as an opéra comique because it contained spoken dialogue. The opera was not hugely successful and had a spotty performance history until it became a vehicle for Maria Callas in the 1950s and early '60s, in an Italian version -- Medea -- with a nineteenth century setting of the dialogue as recitative. That version has largely held the stage since, and this recording is the first using the original French version with spoken dialogue. The recording is taken from a live performance at the 1995 Festival of Valle d'Itria-Martina Franca, which has made something of a specialty of performing French versions of operas that are best known in other languages. The recording suffers from some of the vagaries of live performance, including loud page turning in the orchestra, stage noise, and the prompter's whispering. The quality and balance of the sound is otherwise always at least acceptable and often good. The soloists, for the most part, make this a competitive version of the opera, and certainly one that should interest anyone who wants to hear it as the composer wrote it. Jano Tamar is a fiercely dramatic Médée, with the firepower to make her a really frightening character. She is vocally more than up to the challenges of the role, both in its extreme range and coloratura demands, and she maintains a pure tone while tearing into it with a fury that sounds like an explosive force of nature. As Jason, Luca Lombardo is generally solid, but he is not in Tamar's league vocally or in dramatic force, and their confrontations are somewhat lopsided (which, actually, is theatrically appropriate). He fares best in ensembles; in his solo "Eloigné pour jamais," he sounds pinched and nasally. Patrizia Ciofi sings with radiant tone, expressiveness, and impeccable technique in the demanding role of Dircé, and Jean-Philippe Courtis is a forceful, resonant Créon. Patrick Fournillier leads the Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia and Coro da Camera Sluk di Bratislava in a refined and incisive reading of the score.
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Medee (Sung in French) (Luigi Cherubini)
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Rosanna Casucci, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
DISC 2
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Luca Lombardo, tenor
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Rosanna Casucci, soprano - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass - Patrizia Ciofi, soprano - Luca Lombardo, tenor - Maria Grazia Pani, mezzo-soprano - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Orchestra - Coro Da Camera Sluk Di Bratislava, Choir - Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano - Patrick Fournillier, Conductor - Rosanna Casucci, soprano
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
Album review
Cherubini's Médée, with a French libretto, received its premiere in Paris in 1797. Although the subject is grimly tragic, it was classified, like Carmen, as an opéra comique because it contained spoken dialogue. The opera was not hugely successful and had a spotty performance history until it became a vehicle for Maria Callas in the 1950s and early '60s, in an Italian version -- Medea -- with a nineteenth century setting of the dialogue as recitative. That version has largely held the stage since, and this recording is the first using the original French version with spoken dialogue. The recording is taken from a live performance at the 1995 Festival of Valle d'Itria-Martina Franca, which has made something of a specialty of performing French versions of operas that are best known in other languages. The recording suffers from some of the vagaries of live performance, including loud page turning in the orchestra, stage noise, and the prompter's whispering. The quality and balance of the sound is otherwise always at least acceptable and often good. The soloists, for the most part, make this a competitive version of the opera, and certainly one that should interest anyone who wants to hear it as the composer wrote it. Jano Tamar is a fiercely dramatic Médée, with the firepower to make her a really frightening character. She is vocally more than up to the challenges of the role, both in its extreme range and coloratura demands, and she maintains a pure tone while tearing into it with a fury that sounds like an explosive force of nature. As Jason, Luca Lombardo is generally solid, but he is not in Tamar's league vocally or in dramatic force, and their confrontations are somewhat lopsided (which, actually, is theatrically appropriate). He fares best in ensembles; in his solo "Eloigné pour jamais," he sounds pinched and nasally. Patrizia Ciofi sings with radiant tone, expressiveness, and impeccable technique in the demanding role of Dircé, and Jean-Philippe Courtis is a forceful, resonant Créon. Patrick Fournillier leads the Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia and Coro da Camera Sluk di Bratislava in a refined and incisive reading of the score.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 02:26:25
- Main artists: Patrick Fournillier
- Composer: Luigi Cherubini
- Label: Nuova Era Internazionale
- Genre: Classical
2008 Nuova Era Internazionale 2008 Nuova Era Internazionale
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