Maciej Straburzynski & Lukasz Wilda - Duni: Les deux chasseurs et la laitière (2016) [Hi-Res]

Les deux chasseurs et la laitière, a oneact opera by Egidio Romualdo Duni (Matera, 1708Paris, 1775), was premiered in Paris by the company of Théâtre de Comédiens Italiens, in July 1763. This work, staged then many times at the Opéra Comique, was soon published and its popularity among European theatres reached its peak between the 1780s and the beginning of 19th century.

The opera is written in the Galant Style: small size, fastpaced action, sharp sense of humour, amusing spoken dialogues and, above all, very light and cleverly written music, made this pièce one of the most popular operas not only in Paris of the time. The libretto is based on two fables by De La Fontaine, ingeniously combining two plots involving two hunters and a milk jug. A vibrant performance on period instruments by the Accademia dellArcadia from the Polish Poznan, featuring three excellent young Polish vocal soloists.

Conductor is Early music specialist Roberto Balconi, who already issued an excellent recording of madrigals by Ghizzolo on Brilliant Classics.