Jean-Joseph de Mondonville: Titon Et l'Aurore

One can only imagine how hard it must have been for the performers to play without an audience: they succeed brilliantly...Another triumph for William Christie. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2022

Release Date: 3rd Dec 2021
Catalogue No: 2110693
Label: Naxos

Gramophone Magazine

March 2022

DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
International Classical Music Awards

2023

Nominated - Video: Opera

Mondonville: Titon et l'Aurore

Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), Gwendoline Blondeel, Emmanuelle de Negri, Marc Mauillon, Julie Roset, Renato Dolcini, Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble)
William Christie

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Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville was greatly admired in his day. His opera Titon et l’Aurore was one of his most popular works, being held up as a triumph over the rival Italian style during the Parisian Querelle des Bouffons in the 1750s. The narrative of this spectacular opéra-ballet follows the tumultuous and seemingly unbreakable liaison between the goddess L’Aurore and her lover the shepherd Titon. Jealous gods and goddesses try to interfere through murderous intent and dramatic abduction, but true love ultimately conquers all in stage director Basil Twist’s acclaimed feast for the senses.

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March 2022

One can only imagine how hard it must have been for the performers to play without an audience: they succeed brilliantly...Another triumph for William Christie.

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