Lully - Psyché

JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY (1632-1687) ·PSYCHÉ

Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, conductor

Lyrical tragedy in a prologue and five acts, first performed on 19 April 1678 at the Royal Academy of Music in Paris.

Ambroisine Bré · Déborah Cachet · Bénédicte Tauran · Eugénie Lefebvre · Cyril Auvity · Robert Getchell · Zacharie Wilder 
Fabien Hyon ·  Philippe Estèphe · Anas Séguin · Matthieu Heim ·Dominique Bonnetain · Benoît Porcherot

Venus, irritated by the young mortal Psyché whose beauty radiates all across the world, dispatches Cupid to impose a thousand trials upon her, which the young victim triumphs over to the point of becoming immortal. In this mythological fable, which is his sixth tragédie lyrique (1678), Lully shows off his immense talent and takes revenge on Molière, for whom he had written the music of a monumental Psyché in 1671, and which had been the cause of their falling out. A connoisseur of Lully, Christophe Rousset conducts a sumptuous cast that gives his Psyché all the lustre of the great French operas!

Recorded from 29 to 31 January 2022 at the Opéra Royal of Versailles.

Booklet French/English/German - Duration:  144'49

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PRESS:

De Gelderlander -  28/01/23 
" As an acclaimed expert in French court music, Rousset leads an excellent cast for the prestigious Château de Versailles Spectacles label in Lully's lyrical tragedy Psyché.