CVS141 - 2CD - Les Fêtes Grecques et Romaines

Colin de Blamont - Les Fêtes Grecques et Romaines

N°141

€30

From its premiere in 1723, Les Fêtes grecques et romaines - Colin de Blamont's first opera - was a great success, bringing to life the most famous feasts of ancient history. Valentin Tournet invites us to rediscover this seminal work of the Age of Enlightenment, too long overshadowed by its famous contemporaries.More details

FRANÇOIS COLIN DE BLAMONT (1690-1760)

LES FÊTES GRECQUES & ROMAINES

Ballet héroïque in a prologue and three entries, to a libretto by Louis Fuzelier first performed in Paris in 1723.

Hélène Carpentier · Marie-Claude Chappuis · Gwendoline Blondeel
Cécile Achille · David Witczak · Cyrille Dubois

La Chapelle Harmonique
Valentin Tournet, conductor

Les Fêtes grecques et romaines, Colin de Blamont's first opera, was a resounding success from the moment it premiered in 1723. A synthesis between the nobility of the tragédie lyrique created by Lully and the more playful tone, with its choreographed divertissements, of the opéra-ballet created by Campra, its libretto brings to life the best-known festivals of ancient History. The eloquent Alcibiades distinguishes himself at the Olympic Games, Mark Antony and Cleopatra celebrate the intoxicating Bacchanalia, and the poet Tibullus passionately courts his beloved Delia at the Saturnalia... Valentin Tournet helps us rediscover this masterpiece of the Age of Enlightenment, which for far too long has been overshadowed by its famous contemporaries.

Recorded from November 29th to December 2nd 2023 in the Crusades Room of the Château de Versailles

Booklet in French/English/German - Duration: 125'50

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