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Lully: Thésée
Mathias Vidal (Thésée). Karine Deshayes (Médée), Deborah Cachet (Aeglé), Marie Lys (Cléone/Cérès), Bénédicte Tauran, (La Grande Prêtresse de Minerve), Thaïs Raï-Westphal (Dorine/Venus), Les Talens Lyriques, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
Rousset and his performers are lithe and imaginative. A well-chosen cast make much of Lully's expressive recitative.
Lully: Thésée
Mathias Vidal (Thésée). Karine Deshayes (Médée), Deborah Cachet (Aeglé), Marie Lys (Cléone/Cérès), Bénédicte Tauran, (La Grande Prêtresse de Minerve), Thaïs Raï-Westphal (Dorine/Venus), Les Talens Lyriques, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
Rousset and his performers are lithe and imaginative. A well-chosen cast make much of Lully's expressive recitative.
About
With Thésée, Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques continue theirtour of Lully’s operas, in which they have become specialists.
Lully’s third musical tragedy, and one of the least recorded, Thésée recountsthe hero’s youth, long before his battle with the Minotaur or his intrigues withAriadne and Phèdre.
The story takes the listener on a journey through a series of changingsettings - from the underworld to the island of paradise, from Versailles toAthens - supported by the incredible vocal eloquence of Lully’s music,underpinned by a constant and hitherto unrivalled tension.
At the centre of the drama, Karine Deshayes sings a flamboyant Médée, apugnacious and tragic figure, guiding the listener through the most enragedopera in Lully’s catalogue.
Matthias Vidal and Deborah Cachet portray a most poignant Thésée / Eglé,giving the duets all their dramatic power.
Médée’s emblematic aria ("Dépit mortel, transport jaloux") alone captures themovement and wizardry that run through the entire work.
Contents and tracklist
- Les Talens Lyriques, Thaïs Raï-Westphal, Guilhem Worms, Marie Lys, Robert Getchell, Christophe Rousset, Chœur de Chambre de Namur
- Deborah Cachet, Les Talens Lyriques, Marie Lys, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
- Deborah Cachet, Guilhem Worms, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
- Marie Lys, Guilhem Worms, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
- Bénédicte Tauran, Marie Lys, Les Talens Lyriques, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
- Philippe Estèphe, Bénédicte Tauran, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
- Philippe Estèphe, Deborah Cachet, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
- Les Talens Lyriques, Bénédicte Tauran, Christophe Rousset, Chœur de Chambre de Namur
- Les Talens Lyriques, Bénédicte Tauran, Christophe Rousset, Chœur de Chambre de Namur
- Karine Deshayes, Thaïs Raï-Westphal, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
- Philippe Estèphe, Karine Deshayes, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
- Guilhem Worms, Philippe Estèphe, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
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Awards and reviews
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International Classical Music Awards2024Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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International Opera Awards2024Shortlisted - Complete Recording
26th October 2023
Rousset and his performers are lithe and imaginative. A well-chosen cast make much of Lully's expressive recitative.
December 2023
Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques are on fine form. All manner of locations are conjured, from the underworld and its horrors to an enchanted island.