Charpentier: David & Jonathas
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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: David & Jonathas
Reinoud Van Mechelen; Caroline Arnaud; Gaétan Jarry; Marguerite Louise
[ Château de Versailles Spectacles CD+DVD+BLU-RAY / 2 CD/DVD ]
Release Date: Friday 9 June 2023
This item is currently out of stock. We expect to be able to supply it to you within 2 - 4 weeks from when you place your order.
This is a baroque dream: a performance of the sacred drama David and Jonathas, a masterpiece by Charpentier and one of the miracles of French opera, in the Royal Chapel of Versailles! In 1688, the Louis-le-Grand Jesuit school performed this vibrant version of the fateful, fusional love between David and Jonathas… and the inevitable confrontation between their armies. Their deep friendship - biblical love - leads to the death of Jonathas in the arms of the victorious David. The intense emotion exuded by this piece is amplified by the staging, sets and costumes, under the stirring direction of Gaétan Jarry: a sumptuous, dazzling baroque vision.
