Charpentier: Baroque Operas
Aaron Sheehan (Actéon), Teresa Wakim (Diane), Mireille Lebel (Hyalé/Junon), Lydia Brotherton (Daphné), Amanda Forsythe (Aréthuse), Jason McStoots (Orphée), Aaron Sheehan (Ixion), Douglas Williams (Tantale), Teresa Wakim (La Petite Gnomide), Zachary Wilder (Un Sylphe), Olivier Laquerre (L'Eau)
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[Actéon is] a touching little piece, performed here with spirit and sensitivity..Aaron Sheehan is a light tenor with a rounded, unforced tone that falls very easily on the ear...A must-have...
Charpentier: Baroque Operas
Aaron Sheehan (Actéon), Teresa Wakim (Diane), Mireille Lebel (Hyalé/Junon), Lydia Brotherton (Daphné), Amanda Forsythe (Aréthuse), Jason McStoots (Orphée), Aaron Sheehan (Ixion), Douglas Williams (Tantale), Teresa Wakim (La Petite Gnomide), Zachary Wilder (Un Sylphe), Olivier Laquerre (L'Eau)
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[Actéon is] a touching little piece, performed here with spirit and sensitivity..Aaron Sheehan is a light tenor with a rounded, unforced tone that falls very easily on the ear...A must-have...
About
1 CD in a boxed-set with 92 page booklet
Previous recordings on CPO from the Boston Early Music Festival have been received with great acclaim; Conradi’s Ariadne and Lully’s Thésée and Psyché have received Grammy nominations and Psyché was a finalist in the Baroque Vocal category at the 2009 Gramophone Awards.
This month, in corporation with the Boston Early Music Festival, CPO proudly present more Baroque opera, this time by the French composer Marc Antoine Charpentier. The main work on the disc is Charpentier’s Actéon, a tragédie en musique based on Greek myth. Alongside this are the chamber opera Orphée descendant aux Enfers (The descent of Orpheus to the Underworld) and La Pierre Philosophale.
Artists
Aaron Sheehan (Actéon), Teresa Wakim (Diane), Mireille Lebel (Hyalé/Junon), Lydia Brotherton (Daphné), Amanda Forsythe (Aréthuse), Jason McStoots (Orphée), Aaron Sheehan (Ixion), Douglas Williams (Tantale), Teresa Wakim (La Petite Gnomide), Zachary Wilder (Un Sylphe), Olivier Laquerre (L'Eau)
Boston Early Music Festival & Vocal & Chamber Ensembles, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs
Contents and tracklist
- Aaron Sheehan, Teresa Wakim, Mireille Lebel, Amanda Forsythe
- Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble
- Stephen Stubbs, Paul O'Dette
- Jason McStoots, Aaron Sheehan, Douglas Williams
- Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble
- Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs
- Teresa Wakim, Zachary Wilder, Lydia Brotherton, Olivier Laquerre
- Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble
- Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs
Awards and reviews
March 2011
[Actéon is] a touching little piece, performed here with spirit and sensitivity..Aaron Sheehan is a light tenor with a rounded, unforced tone that falls very easily on the ear...A must-have recording for admirers of Charpentier's operas.
March 2011
Aaron Sheehan has a convincing vocal presence as a lusty young man...Teresa Wakim is clearly a Diane who brooks no nonsense...Jason McStoots as Orphée presents a most compelling vocal portrait of a bereaved husband...These are highly commendable performances all round.
13th January 2011
It has all of Charpentier's trademark fascination with the dark side of classical mythology...As Actéon, Aaron Sheehan is utterly compelling, whether swooning over Teresa Wakim's imperious Diana or emitting disturbing howls during his metamorphosis...the playing and choral singing are both exquisite.
