Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore

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Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore

Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore


Giuseppe Gipali (tenor), Ana María Sanchez (soprano), Vladimir Stoyanov (baritone) & Riccardo Zanellato (bass)

Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Marcello Viotti (conductor) & Arnaud Bernard (director)

Every operatic composer has a title that marks a turning point, one that raises him from being almost unknown to sudden fame. For Bellini, in 1827, this was Il Pirata, for Verdi, in 1842, Nabucco. For Massenet this opera was Le Roi de Lahore. Performed for the first time in 1877 at the Palais Garnier to a resounding success - the opera ran to no fewer than 57 performances in the great Paris opera house within two years - this work contains all the characteristic elements of grand-opéra: marches and solemn processions, a ballet, use of countless extras, spectacular choral scenes, concertante sections of great length, a general exotic tint that was much appreciated at the time and a great wealth of melodic invention. The present Venetian production features a high quality cast and documents the last performance of the late conductor Marcello Viotti, who had made the critical edition of the score.

Subtitles in French, Italian, English, German, Spanish. Plot available also in Japanese.

DVD Video

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Format: NTSC

Dynamic - 33487

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

$26.25

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Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore

Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore


Ana María Sánchez (Soprano), Cristina Sogmaister (Soprano), Federico Sacchi (Bass), Giuseppe Gipali (Tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (Bass), Vladimir Stoyanov (Baritone)

Teatro La Fenice Orchestra, Teatro La Fenice Chorus, Marcello Viotti

Dynamic - CDS487

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The Massenet Edition

The Massenet Edition


Massenet:

Don Quichotte

studio recording, 1978

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Don Quichotte), Gabriel Bacquier (Sancho Panza), Régine Crespin (Dulcinée), Michèle Command (Pedro), Annick Dutertre (Garcias), Peyo Garazzi (Rodriguez), Jean-Marie Frémeau (Juan)

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazimierz Kord

Esclarmonde

studio recording, 1975

Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parséis), Clifford Grant (Emperor Phorcas), Giacomo Aragall (Roland), Louis Quilico (L'Evèque de Blois), Ryland Davies (Enéas), Robert Lloyd (Cléomer), Ian Caley (A Saracen Envoy), Graham Clark (A Byzantine Herald)

National Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Finchley Children's Music Group, Richard Bonynge

Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame

Roberto Alagna (Jean), Stefano Antonucci (Boniface), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (Le prieur), Marc Larcher (Un moine poète)

Orchestre National de Montpellier, Enrique Diemecke

Manon

studio recording, 1970

Beverly Sills (Manon), Nicolai Gedda (Le Chevalier des Grieux), Gérard Souzay (Lescaut), Gabriel Bacquier (Le Comte des Grieux), Nico Castel (Guillot de Morfontaine), Michel Trempont (De Brétigny)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Julius Rudel

Le Roi de Lahore

live recording, 1977

Luis Lima (Alim), Joan Sutherland (Sita), Sherrill Milnes (Scindia), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Indra), James Morris (Timour), Huguette Tourangeau (Kaled), John Tomlinson (Officer), Gareth Morrell (Army Chief), David Wilson-Johnson (Soldier)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Vancouver Opera Association, NPO / Bonynge

Thaïs

studio recording, 1997-8

Renée Fleming (Thaïs), Thomas Hampson (Athanaël), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Nicias), Stefano Palatchi (Palémon), Marie Devellereau (Crobyle), Isabelle Cals (Myrtale), Enkelejda Shkosa (Albine), Elisabeth Vidal (La Charmeuse), David Grousset (Servant)

Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Yves Abel

Thérèse

studio recording 1973

Huguette Tourangeau (Thérèse), Ryland Davies (Armand de Clerval ), Louis Quilico (André Thoral), Neilson Taylor (Morel), Ian Caley (Un Officier), Alan Opie (Un Officier Municipal)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Linden Singers, Richard Bonynge

Werther

studio recording, 1980

José Carreras (Werther), Frederica Von Stade (Charlotte), Isobel Buchanan (Sophie), Thomas Allen (Albert), Robert Lloyd (Le Bailli), Malcolm King (Johann), Paul Crook (Schmidt), Donaldson Bell (Brühlmann), Linda Humphries (Kätchen)

Orchestra of Covent Garden, Children from the Royal Opera House Production, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Davis

Le Carillon

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Le Cid - Ballet music

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Scènes pittoresques

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Albert Wolff

Cigale

Enid Hartle

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

C'est sa tete que je reclame (from Hérodiade)

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo)

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade)

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri

De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid)

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Fantaisie for Cello and Orchestra

Jascha Silberstein (cello)

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Meditation (from Thaïs)

Nigel Kennedy (violin)

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Le sais-tu?

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

On dit!

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Passionnément

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Les âmes des fleurs

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Souvenance

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Le Petit Jésus

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Les Yeux clos

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Ce que disent les cloches

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

La mélodie des baisers

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Pitchounette

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Nuit d'Espagne

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

L'éventail

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Je t'aime!

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Les amoureuses sont des folles

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Printemps dernier

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Roses d'Octobre

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Sérénade d'automne

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Souhait

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Elle s'en est allee

Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Les Yeux clos

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Barry Tuckwell (horn)

Amours bénis

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Barry Tuckwell (horn)

Pensée d'automne

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Puisqu'elle a pris ma vie‎

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano)

Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Crépuscule

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Ah, que mes soeurs ... Reste au foyer, petit grillon (from Cendrillon)

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Manon: ballet

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge

Meditation (from Thaïs)

John Georgiadis (violin)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Le Roi de Lahore: waltz and entr'acte

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Scènes dramatiques

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Cendrillon: Marche des princesses

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

La Navaraisse : Nocturne

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Les Erinnyes : Invocation

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Air de Nina (from Chérubin)

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Chérubin Entr'acte

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Vive amour qui rêve (from Chérubin)

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)

Orchestra e coro de Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri

Lamento d'Ariane

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Phèdre: Overture

Orchestre de l'Opera Comique Paris, Albert Wolff

Werther: Prelude & La nuit de Noël

Orchestre de l'Opera Comique Paris, Albert Wolff

Scènes pittoresques

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Albert Wolff

Scènes alsaciennes

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Albert Wolff


13 August 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Jules Massenet (born 12 May 1842).

Massenet is best-known for his operas and this set contains his two most famous - Manon and Werther as well as rarer works which owe their modern revivals and recordings during the 1970s to the advocacy of Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge.

Richard Bonynge has been a lifelong champion of Massenet and his reference-status recordings of the ballets are included as an integral element in this edition. He also features as an accompanist to Huguette Tourangeau in a widely-admired but long out of print recording of a selection of Massenet Songs.

The 140-page booklet includes full cast lists of the operas and detailed track lists.

Opera critic and writer George Hall has written an article on Massenet's life and works.

Richard Bonynge also contributes a personal note on his discovery and love of Massenet's music.

A CD-ROM contains the opera libretti and song-texts with translations.

This comprehensive 23-CD set with a wealth of glorious music is a must for all Massenet fans and lovers of French music alike.

Decca - 4783963

(CD - 23 discs)

$104.00

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