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The first recreation of Theseus, an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully, since 1675, date of its creation.. This performance was the culmination of a year's work by students from the Major European music academies at the European Baroque Academy of Ambronay under the superb direction of William Christie.
Thésée ( French: [tese]; lit. ' Theseus ') is a tragédie en musique, an early type of French opera, in a prologue and five acts with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Ovid 's Metamorphoses. It was first performed on 11 January 1675 [1] by the Paris Opera for the royal court at the Château ...
Lully's Theseus: Directed by Thierry Paul Benizeau. With Aurelia Legay, Célia Cornu-Zozor, Franck Lunion, Christian Immler. The first recreation of Theseus, an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully, since 1675, date of its creation, under the superb direction of William Christie, at the Auditorium de Lyon.
- Thierry Paul Benizeau
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- Drama, Music
- Philippe Quinault, Ovid
12 de ene. de 2019 · Thésée was one of Lully’s most enduring successes. First performed before Louis XIV in 1675, it remained in the repertoire of the Académie royale de musique until 1767, and was remounted in 1779.
Jean-Baptiste Lully was the dominant force in French music during the reign of Louis XIV. His operas reflect the ideas and visions of the king. A good example of this is 'Thésée', which was Lully’s third 'tragédie-lyrique'. It was a resounding success.
love for Theseus. Although the opera is named after Theseus its central character is Medea. It is her machinations which decide the course of events. The subject of the opera – the conflict between love and war – is most clearly depicted in the direct confrontation between Medea and Aegle.
31 de ene. de 2024 · The three-disc set of Lully's ‘tragédie en musique” in a Prologue and Five Acts Thesée performed by Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset will be released on Friday 13th (!) October, 2023. Here, we present a preview (including the fruits of an interview with Rousset), as I will be away covering the China Music Festival on that day ...
