Hummel - Mathilde von Guise
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 94043
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 31st May 2010
Contents
Artists
Kristine GailitePhilippe Do
Pierre-Yves Pruvot
Hjordis Thebault
Eva Suskova
Ondrej Saling
Martin Mikus
Marian Olszewsk
Solamente Naturali (on period instruments)
Conductor
Didier TalpainWorks
Mathilde von GuiseArtists
Kristine GailitePhilippe Do
Pierre-Yves Pruvot
Hjordis Thebault
Eva Suskova
Ondrej Saling
Martin Mikus
Marian Olszewsk
Solamente Naturali (on period instruments)
Conductor
Didier TalpainAbout
He composed 15 operas, and none have been recorded until this release of Mathilde von Guise. Premiered in 1811 in Vienna, the opera was met with great acclaim, and in 1821 Hummel revised it for a new production, providing a ‘new’ overture (the earlier version’s overture is included at the end of CD2) which he had extracted from his ballet Sappho of Mitilene of 1812.
The work was performed in Weimar, Berlin and Riga, then fell from the repertoire until the performances that led to this recording in Laon, France in 2008. Hummel’s score is beautiful, and is a supreme example of post Mozartian grace, allied to the modern style of Cherubini, Weber and a hint of early Rossini. It is also possible to detect how a work such as Mathilde von Guise would have appealed to Mercadante and the young Verdi. The writing for the singers is demanding, and with the composer’s gift for melody and orchestration this is an important operatic recording premier.
World premiere recording.
Cast:
- Mathilde: Kristine Gailite
- Beaufort: Philippe Do
- Duke: Pierre-Yves Pruvot
- Baroness: Hjördis Thébault
- Claudina: Eva Suskova
- Valentino: Ondrej SˇAling
- Nicolo: Martin Mikus
- Leszensky: Marian Olszewsky
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