Herold: Le pre aux clercs Orquestra Gulbenkian

• 1 Ouverture 05:44
• 2 No. 1, Introduction Ah ! Quel beau jour de fete 02:53
• 3 Ah ! Reposons-nous 01:58
• 4 No. 2, Duo Les rendez-vous de noble compagnie 06:29
• 5 Dialogue Hola ! ho ! 01:16
• 6 No. 3, Air Ce soir jarrive donc 04:21
• 7 Dialogue Ah les chiens ! 00:13
• 8 No. 4, Morceau densemble Allons ! Dressons la table ! 05:15
• 9 Dialogue Quelle rencontre inattendue ! 08:15
• 10 No. 5, Final A la Navarre 10:30
• 11 No. 6, Entracte et air Jours de mon enfance 10:27
• 12 Dialogue Mauvaises nouvelles 03:20
• 13 No. 7, Trio Vous me disiez sans cesse 08:10
• 14 Dialogue Je sens les gouttes deau 03:05
• 15 No. 8, Mascarade Ah ! Quel plaisir ! 05:44
• 16 No. 8, Mascarade (Suite) Lambassadeur de Navarre ! 04:56
• 17 Dialogue Le Roi les mander ensemble 05:10
• 18 No. 9, Final Tout est dit 03:32
• 19 No. 9, Final (Suite) Je suis prisonniere 04:00
• 20 No. 10, Chur, morceau densemble Que jaime ces ombrages 02:35
• 21 No. 10 (Suite), Ronde A la fleur du bel age 04:51
• 22 Dialogue Eh bien ! 01:55
• 23 No. 11, Trio Cen est fait ! 02:08
• 24 Dialogue Ah ! les voila 04:46
• 25 No. 12, Final Je fremis ! 03:40
• 26 No. 12 Final (Suite), Nargue de la folie 06:41
• Total Runtime 02:01:54

Info for Herold: Le pre aux clercs

With Le Pré aux clercs, premiered at the OpéraComique in 1832, Louis-Ferdinand Hérold wrote at once his biggest success and his last opera (he died three weeks after the first performance). From the Overture to the Act III finale, the simplicity of the vocal lines, the impact of the dramatic effects and the effectiveness of the choral writing testify to the flowering of Romanticism and the composer’s assimilation of Rossini, then the paragon of modernity. Following the July Revolution of 1830, it was time to exorcise unfortunate memories: as was its habit, the Paris operatic world did not treat the topic of politics directly but through the fratricidal conflict that began on St Bartholomew’s Day (25 August 1572). The basis for the libretto was a novel by Prosper Mérimée published in 1829, Chronique du règne de Charles IX. The immense success of the opera, virtually contemporary with Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, shows that it was perfectly in tune with the preoccupations of the time – and with the new ambitions of a supposedly ‘light’ genre...

Marie Lenormand (Marguerite de Valois)
Marie-Eve Munger (Isabelle de Montal)
Jaël Azzaretti (Nicette)
Michael Spyres (Baron de Mergy)
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Marquis de Comminge)
Eric Huchet (Cantarelli)
Christian Helmer (Girot)
Coro Gulbenkian
Paul McCreesh, conductor

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