Boismortier - Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse

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A sparkling comic opera full of baroque madness and good humour! 35 years after their first performance of this work by Boismortier, Hervé Niquet returns to the Concert Spirituel's roots.More details

JOSEPH BODIN DE BOISMORTIER (1689–1755)
DON QUICHOTTE CHEZ LA DUCHESSE

Ballet comique en trois actes

Le Concert Spirituel
Hervé Niquet, direction

Mathias Vidal, Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Nicolas Brooymans, Camille Poul, Charles Barbie

In 1743, two years before Rameau’s Platée, Boismortier created an extraordinarily modern and madcap “comic ballet”, Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse. As the exuberant plotunfurls, Cervantes’ hero encounters monsters, enchanters, princesses and people from Japan, making for plenty of offbeat and audacious dances and choruses. Musical beautyrubs shoulders with satirical and irreverent comedy. A choice work for Hervé Niquet, who leads his Concert Spirituel with unparalleled energy!

Recorded at the Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles from 22nd to 23rd December 2020

Booklet French/English/German - Duration: 148ʼ18

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