3760385430492

Lully: Alceste

Stephane Fuget; Les Epopees; Choeur de l'Opera Royal

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: CVS149

PRE-ORDER: This item will be shipped with the aim to deliver on release day.

Release Date:  14 March 2025

Label:  Outhere / Chateau Versailles

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  3760385430492

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

Composer/Series:  Lully

  • Description

    In 1674, Lully and Quinault unveiled a new collaboration: Alceste, a tragedie en musique combining the dramatic power of the Greek myth from which it was inspired with the musical richness of the French Baroque. Despite criticism from the rivals of Lully and Quinault, this opera seduced the court of Louis XIV, reinforcing the new genre of the tragedie en musique. Stephane Fuget explores a world where love, sacrifice and duty intertwine, supported by sumptuous arias and choruses of unprecedented expressivity, sublimely performed by Les Epopees and the Choeur de l'Opera Royal.