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Sardelli (wielding an authentically Lullian staff for certain movements) propels a crisp account – the festival orchestra’s first with period instruments. The many dances show off a wonderful... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2023 More…

Release Date: 19th May 2023
Catalogue No: 57971
Label: Dynamic

Gramophone Magazine

August 2023

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

2024

Nominated - Video Opera

Lully: Acis et Galatée

Jean-Francois Lombard, Elena Harsanyi, Valeria La Grotta, Luigi de Donato, Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, Markus van Arsdale, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (opera company)
Benjamin Lazar

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Having been granted unprecedented authority by Louis XIV, the Sun King, no one could stage operas in France without Jean-Baptiste Lully’s permission. By 1686, however, Lully’s authority was waning and his long-standing librettist deserted him to write sacred works. Despite these setbacks, Lully wrote Acis et Galatee, a pastorale heroïque, and one of his final masterpieces. Its plot – the cyclops Poliphème’s love for the nymph Galatee – drew from Lully an astonishing alternation of effects, a profound monologue for the nymph in Act III and a magnificent concluding Passacaille, all framed by a succession of dances and vividly conceived choruses.

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August 2023

Sardelli (wielding an authentically Lullian staff for certain movements) propels a crisp account – the festival orchestra’s first with period instruments. The many dances show off a wonderful variety of instrumental colours.

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