Achante et Céphise / Jean-Philippe Rameau.



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Title from disc label. Compact discs. Opera in three acts. Libretto in French by Jean-François Marmontel with English translation by Susannah Howe. Original program notes in French by Alexis Kossenko, Benoît Dratwicki, and Sylvie Bouissou with translations by Susannah Howe and Robert Sargant (English) and Anne Schneider (German). Recorded. Notre-Dame-du-Libon, Paris. December 7-11, 2020. Sabine Devieilhe (Céphise), soprano ; Cyrille Dubois (Achante), tenor ; David Witczak (Le Génie Oroès), baritone ; Judith van Wanroij (Zirphile), soprano ; Jehanne Amzal (La Grande Prêtresse), soprano ; Artavazd Sargsyan (Un Coryphée/Un Berger), tenor ; Arnaud Richard (Un Coryphée/Un Chasseur), bass-baritone ; Marine Lafdal-Franc (Une Fée/Une Bergère), soprano ; Anne-Sophie Petit (La Deuxième Prêtresse/Délie), soprano ; Floriane Hasler (La Troisième Prêtresse), mezzo-soprano ; Les chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles ; Les Ambassadeurs ; La Grande Écurie ; Alexis Kossenko, conductor. Sung in French.

Title
Achante et Céphise / Jean-Philippe Rameau.
Artist
Marmontel, Jean-François, 1723-1799, librettist.
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Abstract
Breaking a silence of nearly 270 years: an unexpected revival of Rameau's Achante et Céphise, this album is under the baton of Alexis Kossenko, with Les Chantres du CMBV and Les Ambassadeurs, starring Sabine Devieilhe, Cyrille Dubois, David Witczak, Judith van Wanroij. Jean-François Marmonte's libretto combines mythology and fairytale in a single subject, mixing the magical powers of the evil genie, Oroès, with traditional tributes to Venus and Love.
Year
2021
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