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Lully / Fuget / Choeur De L'opera Royal - Alceste

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Format: CD
Rel. Date: 03/14/2025
UPC: 3760385430492

Alceste
Artist: Lully / Fuget / Choeur De L'opera Royal
Format: CD
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In 1674, Lully and Quinault unveiled a new collaboration: Alceste, a tragedie en musique combining the dramatic power of the Greek myth from which it was inspired with the musical richness of the French Baroque. Despite criticism from the rivals of Lully and Quinault, this opera seduced the court of Louis XIV, reinforcing the new genre of the tragedie en musique. Stephane Fuget explores a world where love, sacrifice and duty intertwine, supported by sumptuous arias and choruses of unprecedented expressivity, sublimely performed by Les Epopees and the Chour de l'Opera Royal.
        
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