Halevy - La Reine de Chypre / Галеви - Королева Кипра 2018

Halevy - La Reine de Chypre / Галеви - Королева Кипра

Жанр: Classical opera
Страна-производитель диска: Made in Austria
Год издания диска: 2018
Издатель (лейбл): Ediciones Singulares
Номер по каталогу: ES 10328
Дата записи: 2017
Аудиокодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: image+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 75:37 + 79:09 / 02:34:27
Источник: релизер
-источник/ник/другое: Roy Movrich, подарок; Caterina Sforza - доп. сканы (cue не трогал)
: да, авторские сканы tif и jpeg + web pdf буклет

Треклист

CD1

Acte premier
01 Introduction 3:24

02 Récitatif : Enfin, c’est aujourd’hui ! (Catarina, Gérard) 1:27

03 Romance : Le ciel est radieux (Catarina, Gérard) 2:14

04 Duo : Gérard ! Mon Gérard ! (Catarina, Gérard) 7:49

05 Récitatif et Trio : Salut noble Gérard ! (Catarina, Gérard, Andréa) 4:38

06 Récitatif : Mais qu’ai-je vu ! (Andréa) 1:13

07 Duo : Sommes-nous seuls ici ? (Mocénigo, Andréa) 9:14

08 Chœur : Joie infinie ! (Peuple vénitien) 4:15

09 Finale : L’autel est préparé (Catarina, Gérard, Andréa, Un Officier,
Peuple vénitien) 7:32
Acte deuxième
10 Entr’acte 1:16

11 Air : Le gondolier, dans sa pauvre nacelle (Catarina) 2:46

12 Air (suite) : Et je perdrais mon bien suprême ! (Catarina) 7:01

13 Récitatif : Catarina ! (Catarina, Mocénigo) 2:34

14 Duo : Arbitre de ma vie (Catarina, Gérard, Mocénigo, Soldats) 10:53
Acte troisième
15 Chœur et Ensemble : Buvons à Chypre (Peuple chypriote) 3:35

16 Chœur et Couplets : Au jeu mes amis ! (Mocénigo, Strozzi,
Seigneurs vénitiens, Peuple chypriote) 3:57

17 Récitatif : Infâmes assassins ! (Gérard, Lusignan, Peuple chypriote) 1:30

CD2

01 Duo : Vous qui de la chevalerie (Gérard, Lusignan) 4:59

02 Duo (suite) : Triste exilé (Gérard, Lusignan) 7:00
Acte quatrième
03 Introduction et Chœur : Le beau jour, la belle fête (Peuple chypriote) 2:40

04 Récitatif, Chœur et Ensemble : Peuple de Chypre (Lusignan,
Le Héraut d’armes, Prêtres, Peuple chypriote) 6:22

05 Chœur et Marche : Gloire à la Reine ! (Peuple chypriote) 2:03

06 Scène et Air : Le voici donc enfin, l’instant de la vengeance (Gérard) 9:31

07 Finale : Qu’ai-je vu ! (Catarina, Gérard, Mocénigo, Lusignan, Andréa,
Peuple chypriote) 10:29
Acte cinquième
08 Introduction et Récitatif : Des docteurs de Venise (Catarina, Lusignan) 3:04

09 Air : Gérard ! Et c’est lui qui l’appelle ! (Catarina) 2:14

10 Récitatif : Catarina ! Seigneur ! (Catarina, Lusignan) 2:38

11 Cavatine : À ton noble courage (Catarina, Lusignan) 2:26

12 Récitatif : Un chevalier français (Catarina, Lusignan, Strozzi) 1:59

13 Duo : Quand le devoir sacré (Catarina, Gérard, Un Officier) 8:10

14 Récitatif : Gérard ! Fuyez ! (Catarina, Gérard, Mocénigo, Lusignan) 5:15

15 Quatuor : À cet instant suprême (Catarina, Gérard, Mocénigo, Lusignan) 6:11

16 Marche et Finale : Nous triomphons ! (Catarina, Gérard, Lusignan,
Peuple chypriote) 3:5

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Исполнители

Fromental Halévy (1799-1862)
La Reine de ChypreOpéra en cinq actes
Livret de Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
Création: Opéra de Paris, 22 décembre 1841
Édition Nordstern Musikverlag (Stuttgart) sous la direction de Volker Tosta
Catarina Cornaro - Véronique Gens (soprano)
Gérard de Coucy - Cyrille Dubois (ténor)
Jacques de Lusignan - Étienne Dupuis (baryton)
Mocénigo - Éric Huchet (ténor)
Andréa Cornaro - Christophoros Stamboglis (basse)
Strozzi - Artavazd Sargsyan (ténor)
Un Officier / Un Héraut d’armes - Tomislav Lavoie (basse)
[u]Flemish Radio Choir
Orchestre de chambre de Paris[/u]
Hervé Niquet, dir.
Recording Date: June 5, 2017 - June 7, 2017
Recording Location: Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Release Date: May 11, 2018

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Review

AllMusic Review by Blair Sanderson [-]
A French composer of many grand operas of the mid-19th century, Fromental Halévy received the greatest acclaim for La Juive (1835), and while his works of the 1830s and 1840s enjoyed varying levels of popularity, he could also count La Reine de Chypre (1841) as a major success. This five-act opera received high praise from Hector Berlioz and Richard Wagner, and its effectiveness as entertainment in the grand style is apparent. Halévy's music today seems tuneful and competently scored, though hardly the masterpiece it was hailed at the time. Indeed, after the composer's death in 1862, La Reine de Chypre faded from the repertoire. This revival production by Hervé Niquet and the Orchestre de chambre de Paris re-creates the opera's vibrant atmosphere, and as much as this splendid recording can convey its drama and color through sound, the spectacle is easy to imagine. A strong cast is featured, including Véronique Gens as Caterina Cornaro, the Queen of Cyprus; Cyrille Dubois as Gérard de Coucy, a French chevalier; Étienne Dupuis as Jacques de Lusignan, the King; and Éric Huchet as Mocenigo, in the leading roles. As always, Niquet presents the music in exquisite period style, and the sound of the performance, recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, seems to be in keeping with Romantic era practices at the Paris Opéra. Recommended for fans of French opera and the indefatigable Niquet.

Review

Fromental Halévy (1799-1862): not a name one comes across very often. But he was a key figure, with Meyerbeer, in the development of Parisian grand opéra: pupil of Cherubini, posthumous father-in-law (so to speak) of Bizet, he composed more than 30 operas, of which the most successful was La Juive (1835). Nearly seven years later, on December 22, 1841, came La reine de Chypre. Donizetti’s Caterina Cornaro (1844) covers the same ground and was in fact based on the same libretto. The Caterina of history belonged to a powerful Venetian family with interests in Cyprus. She was married to the French king of Cyprus - who promptly died, almost certainly poisoned by the Venetians; after reigning as a puppet for 15 years she was forced to abdicate, and Cyprus became part of the Venetian empire.
Venice itself is the villain of the opera, embodied in the sinister figure of Mocénigo: he prevents Catarina from marrying Gérard, a French knight, by telling her uncle, Andréa, that the feared Council of Ten requires her to marry the French king, Jacques de Lusignan. The action moves to Cyprus, where - neither man revealing his identity - Lusignan saves Gérard from Mocénigo’s assassins. When, at the wedding celebrations, Gérard tries to kill his rival, Lusignan spares his life. Two years later, Gérard turns up from Rhodes as one of the Knights of St John. Mocénigo is arrested and the dying Lusignan rallies before joining Gérard’s men in defeating the invading Venetians. The widowed Catarina shows the new king, her infant son, to the people, while Gérard and his fellow knights sail away.
The Palazzetto Bru Zane has done Halévy’s reputation an enormous service by presenting this splendidly cast recording in a new edition painstakingly assembled by Volker Tosta. Some passages are probably being heard for the first time; other passages are omitted, including the ballets and, oddly, the chorus of gondoliers described in an accompanying article as ‘so popular in its day’. Given that another recording is unlikely to appear for a long time, it’s a pity that Bru Zane didn’t go the whole hog and add a third CD so that the whole score could be given, variants and all. And what a score! It has almost everything you could wish for: heartfelt airs, passionate duets, powerful ensembles, subtle orchestration. Halévy makes telling use of reminiscence motifs, such as the phrase beginning with four repeated notes to represent Mocénigo and his plotting. ‘Almost