Gretry: Richard Coeur de Lion
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Gretry: Richard Coeur de Lion
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
[ Château de Versailles Spectacles CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD ]
Release Date: Friday 25 September 2020
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An imprisoned King, his knights singing loyalty to him with a famous air 'O Richard, O my King' sung in the Royal Opera House by the Bodyguards of Louis XVI in 1789, which would unleash mob justice forcing the royal family to leave the château and never return... To celebrate the 250th anniversary of our theatre, we are pleased to present the return of Grétry's most celebrated Richard Cœur de Lion (Richard the Lionheart) (1784), which for a century was the most famous 18th-centry French opéra comique in Europe. Hervé Niquet and stage director Marshall Pynkoski place the action back under the reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Grétry, the queen's most beloved composer, was a familiar face at the Royal Opera. His Richard is the culmination of a career: here we have an opportunity to put him back into the great history of Versailles, with the first complete production at the Royal Opera of Versailles since... 1789!
Recorded and filmed in October 2019, at the Royal Opera of Versailles
DVD type: NTSC
Region: All regions
DVD length: 1hr27
Subtitles: French, English, German
"An early example of the "rescue opera" genre, anticipating Beethoven's Fidelio, it's stylishly sung and robustly played. A DVD of the old-fashioned but charming staging is included." Sunday Times
Tracks:
Gretry: Richard Cœur de lion, Acte I
I. Ouverture et Introduction
II. Un peu plus vite, "Chantons célébrons ce bon ménage"
III. Plus lent, "Comment ! C'est demain que le vieux Mathurin..."
IV. Air de Blondel, "La danse n'est pas ce que j'aime"
V. Air, "Ô Richard, Ô mon Roi !"
VI. Morceau d'ensemble, "Quoi, de la part du gouverneur"
VII. Air de Laurette, "Je crains de lui parler la"
VIII. Chanson, "Un bandeau couvre les yeux du dieu"
IX. Orchestre
Gretry: Richard Cœur de lion, Acte II
I. Ronde de Nuit
II. Air de Richard, "Si l'univers entier m'oublie"
III. Duo, "Une fièvre brûlante un jour me terrassait"
IV. Chœur de Soldats, "Sais-tu, connais-tu"
V. Final, "Ah ! Monseigneur"
Gretry: Richard Cœur de lion, Acte III
I. Trio, "Il faut il faut que je lui parle"
II. Morceau d'ensemble, "Oui chevalier, oui ce rempart tient prisonnier le roi Richard"
III. Trio, "A Florestan pendant la danse"
IV. Ronde et Chœur, "Et zic et zic et fric et froc"
V. On danse, Ballet
VI. Contredanse et Air très vif pour valser
VII. Chœur, "Que Richard à l'instant soit remis dans nos mains"
VIII. Combat
IX. Marche noblement
