Mondonville - Titon et l’Aurore (Blu-ray)
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Label: Naxos - Blu-ray
Cat No: NBD0131V
Format: Blu-ray
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 3rd December 2021
Contents
Artists
Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)Gwendoline Blondeel (soprano)
Emmanuelle De Negri (soprano)
Marc Mauillon (bass-baritone)
Julie Roset (soprano)
Renato Dolcini (baritone)
Les Arts Florissants
Conductor
William ChristieWorks
Titon et l'AuroreArtists
Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)Gwendoline Blondeel (soprano)
Emmanuelle De Negri (soprano)
Marc Mauillon (bass-baritone)
Julie Roset (soprano)
Renato Dolcini (baritone)
Les Arts Florissants
Conductor
William ChristieAbout
This production of Mondonville’s Titon et l’Aurore was performed and recorded behind closed doors in the Salle Favart (Opéra Comique) during lockdown conditions in January 2021. Despite its initial popularity and numerous contemporary revivals, this is an opera that has received scant attention in the modern age.
Trained in France but also acclaimed in the US, puppeteer Basil Twist’s masterful staging brings statues, divinities, elements and natural phenomena to life on stage. This is accompanied by a typically impeccable performance by Les Arts Florissants under the direction of internationally renowned early music conductor William Christie, who returns to the Opéra Comique after an absence of six years; their collaboration making this production a delight for the eyes and ears.
With all live performances cancelled there was inevitably a limited critical response, but The New Yorker considered it ‘a delightful production…Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants in a graceful, buoyant performance, and the singers reflect his taste for compact voices, technical proficiency, and stylistic polish’. The blog Colleen’s Paris considered it ‘the most entertaining virtual event that I have seen… Very worth the watch!’
Cast:
- Titon: Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
- L’Aurore: Gwendoline Blondeel (soprano)
- Palès: Emmanuelle De Negri (soprano)
- Éole: Marc Mauillon (bass-baritone)
- Amour: Julie Roset (soprano)
- Prométhée: Renato Dolcini (baritone)
Stage director, designer and puppet designer: Basil Twist
Video designer: Daniel Brodie
Lighting designer: Jean Kalman
Sound format: PCM stereo and DTS-MA 5.1
Language: French
Subtitles: French, English, German, Japanese, Korean
Region code: A, B, C
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