Sébastien d'Hérin, Les Nouveaux Caractères - Henry Desmarest: Circé (2023)
WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 734 Mb | Total time: 155:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS085 | Recorded: 2022
WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 734 Mb | Total time: 155:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS085 | Recorded: 2022
Desmarest was something of a frustrated genius. A precocious musician, he had a great career on opera from 1693 to 1698. His destiny was broken when he kidnapped the love of his life and fled to Brussels to escape a death sentence. Kapellmeister to the King of Spain, Philippe V in 1701, then to the Duke of Lorraine, Paris remained off-limits to him until 1720 … Circé (1694) was his apotheosis, meeting of Ulysses and the sorcerers, a superb and supernatural heroine. The dramatic force of the work stimulates the flamboyant Véronique Gens who plays the evil lover!
