Lully: Bellérophon

Cyril Auvity (Bellérophon), Céline Scheen (Philonoé), Ingrid Perruche (Sténobeé), Jennifer Borghi (Argie/Pallas), Evgeniy Alexiev (Pan/Jobate-Le Roy), Jean Teitgen (Apollon/Amisodar) & Robert Getchell (Bacchis/La Pythie)

Chamber Choir of Namur & Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (direction)

this is a handsomely shaped performance with alert choral singing and expressive orchestral playing. In the title role, Cyril Auvity is convincingly heroic but also capable of fragility when... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Mar 2011
Catalogue No: AP015
Label: Aparté
Series: Christophe Rousset Lully Operas
Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

11th April 2011
Gramophone Awards

2011

Finalist - Baroque Vocal
BBC Music Magazine

June 2011

Opera Choice

Lully: Bellérophon

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Cyril Auvity (soloist), Céline Scheen (soloist), Robert Getchell (soloist), Evgueniy Alexiev (soloist)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset

Ouverture

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Prologue: Petit prélude: Préparons nos concert ! (Apollon, Apollon et les Muses)

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Prologue: Marche pour l’entrée de Bacchus et de Pan

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Bacchus; Pan: Du fameux bord de l’Inde

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Chœur d’Apollon et des Muses: Chantons, chantons le plus grand des mortels !

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Chanson d’un berger (Menuet I): Pourquoi n’avoir pas le cœur tendre ?

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Entrée des Aegipans et des Ménades

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Menuet pour les bergers

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Bacchus et Pan: Tout est paisible sur la terre

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Apollon: Quittez, quittez, de si vaines chansons !

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Chœur d’Apollon, des Muses, de Bacchus et de Pan: Pour ce grand roi, redoublons nos efforts !

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Ouverture (reprise)

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Acte I, sc. 1: Non, les soulèvements d’une ville rebelle (Sténobée, Argie)

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Acte I, sc. 2: Reine, vous savez qu’en ce jour (Sténobée, Philonoë)

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Acte I, sc. 3: Et je croyais qu’une ardeur (Sténobée, Argie)

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Acte I, sc. 4: Prélude, Contre Bellérophon, j’ai fait jusqu’à ce jour (Le Roi, Sténobée; Bruit de trompettes; Sténobée; Marche des Amazones et des Solymes – Bruit de trompettes)

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Acte I, sc. 5: Venez, venez goûter les doux fruits de la gloire (Le Roi, Bellérophon)

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Acte I, sc. 5: Chœur des Amazones et des Solymes: Quand un vainqueur est tout brillant de gloire

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Acte I, sc. 5: Premier air

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Acte I, sc. 5: Second air; Chœur des Amazones et Solymes: Faisons cesser nos alarmes

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Acte II, sc. 1: Amour mes vœux sont satisfaits (Ritournelle; Philonoë, deux Amazones)

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Acte II, sc. 2: Prélude; Princesse, tout conspire à couronner ma flamme (Bellérophon, Philonoë)

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Acte II, sc. 3: Ma présence ici te fait peine? (Sténobée, Bellérophon)

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Acte II, sc. 4: Tu me quittes, cruel, arrête! (Sténobée, Argie)

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Acte II, sc. 5: Vous me jurez sans cesse une amour éternelle (Ritournelle; Sténobée, Amisodar)

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Acte II, sc. 6: Que ce jardin se change en désert affreux (Amisodar)

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Acte II, sc. 6: Premier air

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Acte II, sc. 7: Parle, nous voilà prêts, tout nous sera possible (Amisodar, Magiciens)

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Acte II, sc. 7: Second air

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Acte II, sc. 7: Chœur des Magiciens, Amisodar: La terre nous ouvre

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Acte III, sc. 1: Ritournelle

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Acte III, sc. 1: Sténobée, Argie: Quel spectacle charmant pour mon cœur amoureux !

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Acte III, sc. 2: Prélude; Que de malheurs accablent la Lycie! (Le Roi, Sténobée)

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Acte III, sc. 3: Vous venez consulter l’oracle d’Apollon? (Le Roi, Bellérophon)

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Acte III, sc. 4: Seigneur, à votre voix je viens joindre la mienne (Le Roi, Philonoë, Bellérophon)

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Acte III, sc. 5: La Marche du Sacrifice; Le malheur qui nous accable (1er Chœur de Peuple)

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Acte III, sc. 5: Le Sacrificateur; 2ème Chœur de Peuple; Le Sacrificateur; Symphonie; 3ème Chœur de Peuple; Le Sacrificateur; 4ème Chœur de Peuple; 5ème Chœur de Peuple: Reçois, grand Apollon, reçois ce sacrifice !

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Acte III, sc. 5: Ritournelle; Le Sacrificateur: Tout m’apprend qu’Apollon dans mes vœux s’intéresse

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Acte III, sc. 5: 6ème Chœur de Peuple: Assez de pleurs

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Acte III, sc. 5: Le Sacrificateur: Digne fils de Latone et du plus grand des dieux !

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Acte III, sc. 5: La Pythie: Gardez tous un silence extrême !

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Acte III, sc. 5: Apollon; Le Roi – Symphonie: Que votre crainte cesse !

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Acte III, sc. 6: Ritournelle, Dans quel accablement cet oracle me laisse! (Bellérophon, Philonoë)

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Acte III, sc. 6: Entracte

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Acte IV, sc. 1: Ritournelle, Quel spectacle charmant pour mon cœur amoureux! (Amisodar)

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Acte IV, sc. 2: Il faut pour contenter la reine (Argie, Amisodar)

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Acte IV, sc. 2: Chœur - voix derrière le théâtre, Amisodar: Tout est perdu le monstre avance !

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Acte IV, sc. 3: Plaignons les maux qui désolent ces lieux! (Une Napée, une Dryade)

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Acte IV, sc. 4: Les forêts sont en feu, le ravage s’augmente (Dieux des bois, une Napée, une Dryade)

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Acte IV, sc. 5: Ah, Prince! Où vous emporte une ardeur trop guerrière? (Le Roi, Bellérophon)

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Acte IV, sc. 6: Heureuse mort, tu vas me secourir (Bellérophon, seul)

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Acte IV, sc. 7: Prélude

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Acte IV, sc. 7: Pallas, Bellérophon: Espère en ta valeur, Bellérophon, espère !

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Acte IV, sc. 7: Chœur de Peuple: Quel horreur ! Quel affreux ravage !

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Acte IV, sc. 7: Entr’acte

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Acte V, sc. 1: Prélude

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Acte V, sc. 1: Le Roi: Préparez vos chants d’allégresse !

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Acte V, sc. 1: Chœur de Peuple: Viens, digne sang des dieux, jouir de ta victoire

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Acte V, sc. 1: Le Roi, Philonoë: Et toi, ma fille, abandonne ton âme

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Acte V, sc. 1: Chœur de Peuple: Ô jour pour la Lycie à jamais glorieuse

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Acte V, sc. 2: Venez-vous partager l'allégresse publique? (Pallas, Le Roi, Bellérophon, Philonoë, Chœur de Peuple)

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Acte V, sc. 3: Symphonie

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Acte V, sc. 3: Pallas: Connaissez le fils de Neptune; Symphonie

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Acte V, sc. 3: Bellérophon, Philonoë: Enfin je vous revois princesse incomparable; Le Roi: Jouissez des douceurs que l’hymen vous prépare

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Acte V, sc. 3: Chœur de Peuple: Le plus grand des héros rend le calme à la terre

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Acte V, sc. 3: Premier air

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Acte V, sc. 3: Second air – Fanfare; Chœur de Peuple: Les plaisirs nous préparent leurs charmes.

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Recording of the Week, Lully’s Bellérophon

11th April 2011

Christophe Rousset presides over a splendidly elegant account of Lully’s 1679 opera, with Cyril Auvity in the title-role, and Les Talens Lyriques on vigorous form.

Recorded in the Opera Royal of the Chateau de Versailles, France.

This world première and eagerly anticipated release is the fruit of lengthy musicological research by Christophe Rousset. Together with a cast of great talent and breath-taking performances from Cyril Auvity and Céline Scheen, Christophe Rousset, conducting his Talens Lyriques invites us to rediscover the revelation that is Bellérophon, first performed on January 31st, 1679.

It originally ran for nine months at the Palais Royal, and it is not surprising that the work, composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, endeared itself to the king. The mythical story of a fearless hero whose arrogance is punished by the gods was none too subtly altered to show a hero who practises restraint and moderation to the foes he vanquishes – a reference to the Sun King's recent victory over the Dutch, the Spanish and the Holy Roman Emperor.

This is the first recording of this opera, presented in French, German and English. Bellérophon was recently showcased on Radio 3: Catherine Bott interviewed Christophe Rousset about the first modern day performance of this tragedie en lyrique, at the sumptuous Opera Royal at Versailles, and his discovery of missing pages of the score in a bookshop in Paris. Rousset also talked about the qualities that make Lully's opera stand out as a masterpiece.

Synopsis: The eponymous hero is Neptune’s son and is happily betrothed to the Lycian princess Philonoé. But the fiery Stenobée also desires Bellérophon and wants revenge due to his rejection of her. Her ally, the magician Amisodar, takes three monsters and creates a new one from them: the chimera. However, Bellérophon defeats the monster without too much difficulty. Thwarted, Stenobée kills herself out of disappointment and the Lycians acclaim Bellérophon whose dazzling strength and benevolence are intended to mirror similar attributes of Louis XIV’s.

Reviews

June 2011

this is a handsomely shaped performance with alert choral singing and expressive orchestral playing. In the title role, Cyril Auvity is convincingly heroic but also capable of fragility when required...Ingrid Perruche is magnificent in her role as an Amazon disappointed in her love for Bellérophon. The rewards of this score are a little on the slender side, but this disc makes the best of them.

7th May 2011

The music has variety and vitality – the love music elegant and eloquent, the magic-and-monster scenes infused with original effects, the choruses infectiously syncopated... a valuable addition to the catalogue.

July 2011

This concert performance is excellent, with lively playing from Les Talens Lyriques, and singers who are really inside their roles. Cyril Auvity has a slight edge to his voice but his fluency and ardour command admiration.

July 2011

Rousset is an assured stylist who produces gratifying results from singers and instrumentalists alike...[Auvity's] vocal timbre admirably suits the ardent side of his character...Céline Scheen's Philonoé is a constant delight...unstinting praise must go to the lively and impeccably drilled Namur Chamber Choir and the refined, mellow texture which Les Talens Lyriques consistently brings to Lully's mainly five-strand string texture.

17th April 2011

The performance could hardly be bettered: Rousset delights in Lully’s dancing rhythms and soulful melodies, while the principals are immaculate stylists, especially Cyril Auvity’s thrillingly sung Bellérophon, Ingrid Peruche’s angry Sténobée, Céline Scheen’s sweet-voiced Philonoé and the Stygian-voiced Jean Teitgen as the monster-making sorcerer, Amisodar, and Apollon, among other parts...A feast of baroque that will make you want to dance.

7th April 2011

Excitably and excitingly conducted by Christophe Rousset, the recording is sensational. Cyril Auvity, sexy and heroic, is stupendous as Bellérophon, and there's strong singing from Ingrid Perruche's Stenobée, Jean Teitgen's slime-ball Amisodar and Céline Scheen as Philonoé, the princess whom Bellérophon really loves. Wonderful.

Opera Now Summer 2011

Christophe Rousset is masterful at keeping every bar of this music alive and kicking. Cyril Auvity in the title role sings vividly and with boundless energy and enthusiasm that seems to infect the rest of the excellent cast.

The Arts Desk 14th May 2011

Christophe Rousset’s lavish, impeccably cast studio recording succeeds on every level. Best of all is Ingrid Perruche’s spiteful Sténobée, a wonderful foil to Jean Teitgen’s villainous Amisodar, whose dark magic conjures up the fire-breathing Chimera. Rousset’s pacy direction and superb continuo playing ensure that there are no longueurs. Excellent annotation and luxury packaging too – why can’t all opera releases be as fun as this?

Lully: Bellérophon

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