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Jean-baptiste Lully: Acis Et Galatee

Jean-Francois Lombard; Elena Harsanyi; Valeria La Grotta; Luigi De Donato; Francesca Lombardi Mazzu

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Cat No: 57971

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Release Date:  19 May 2023

Label:  Dynamic - Dvd / Dynamic

Packaging Type:  DVD Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8007144379711

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

Composer/Series:  Jean-Baptiste Lully

Release Date:  19 May 2023

Label:  Dynamic - Dvd / Dynamic

Packaging Type:  Blu-Ray Packaging

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8007144579715

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

Composer/Series:  Jean-Baptiste Lully

  • Description

    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 heroique, and one of his final masterpieces. Its plot - the cyclops Polipheme'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.

    Description

    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 heroique, and one of his final masterpieces. Its plot - the cyclops Polipheme'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.