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Flemish Radio Choir & Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet - Halévy: La Reine de Chypre (2018) [CD-Rip]

Flemish Radio Choir & Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet - Halévy: La Reine de Chypre (2018) [CD-Rip]

BAND/ARTIST: Flemish Radio Choir & Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet

  • Title: Fromental Halévy: La Reine de Chypre
  • Year Of Release: 2018
  • Label: Ediciones Singulares / Bru Zane - ES10328
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
  • Total Time: 2:34:43
  • Total Size: 751 MB
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A French composer of many grand operas of the mid-19th century, Fromental Halévy received the greatest acclaim for La Juive (1835), and while his works of the 1830s and 1840s enjoyed varying levels of popularity, he could also count La Reine de Chypre (1841) as a major success. This five-act opera received high praise from Hector Berlioz and Richard Wagner, and its effectiveness as entertainment in the grand style is apparent. Halévy's music today seems tuneful and competently scored, though hardly the masterpiece it was hailed at the time. Indeed, after the composer's death in 1862, La Reine de Chypre faded from the repertoire. This revival production by Hervé Niquet and the Orchestre de chambre de Paris re-creates the opera's vibrant atmosphere, and as much as this splendid recording can convey its drama and color through sound, the spectacle is easy to imagine. A strong cast is featured, including Véronique Gens as Caterina Cornaro, the Queen of Cyprus; Cyrille Dubois as Gérard de Coucy, a French chevalier; Étienne Dupuis as Jacques de Lusignan, the King; and Éric Huchet as Mocenigo, in the leading roles. As always, Niquet presents the music in exquisite period style, and the sound of the performance, recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, seems to be in keeping with Romantic era practices at the Paris Opéra. Recommended for fans of French opera and the indefatigable Niquet. ~ Blair Sanderson

Caterina Cornaro - Véronique Gens
Gérard de Coucy - Cyrille Dubois
Jacques de Lusignan - Étienne Dupuy
Mocénigo - Eric Huchet
Andrea Cornaro - Christophorus Stamboglis
Strozzi - Artavazd Sargsyan
Officier/Héraud - Tomislav Lavoie

Flemish Radio Choir
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Hervé Niquet

Year 2018 | Classical | FLAC / APE | CD-Rip

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