Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Le Devin du village

N°4

€20

Inspired by the Italian opera buffa, Rousseau applied the theories of Italian music to the couple of a shepherd and a shepherdess, who was embodied by a personality of royal blood! This recording is a rustic musical souvenir.More details

LE DEVIN DU VILLAGE

Les Nouveaux Caractères
Sébastien d'Hérin, conductor
Caroline Mutel, Cyrille Dubois, Frédéric Caton, soloists

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

And what if Rousseau’s Devin du Village has been waiting just for you for two centuries at the The Queen’s Theatre at the Petit Trianon?
On September 19th 1780, Marie-Antoinette was on stage, in costume, and was acting with her troop of aristocrats in front of a public of close friends. That evening, she was interpreting the role of Colette, the heroine of this one act opera composed in 1753 by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (yes, the philosopher!) perhaps the most celebrated work of its time.

That exceptional evening, a veritable fantasy of the Queen’s who imagined that she was a shepherdess, has been resuscitated under the direction of Sébastien d’Hérin in a costumed reconstitution, staged in the original historic sets!

A Bonus DVD of the complete performance accompanies this recording.

Performance created and recorded at the Queen's Theatre of the Palace of Versailles, on July 1st and 2nd 2017.

Booklet in French & English - CD duration: 67'59 - DVD duration: 71'13
DVD 9 PAL 16/9 Stéréo Dolby Digital

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