Lully: Acis et Galatée BLU-RAY
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JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Acis et Galatée BLU-RAY
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Sean-Francois Lombard, Elena Harsanyi, Valeria La Grotta, Luigi de Donato / Benjamin Lazar (cond)
[ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Friday 19 May 2023
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Having been granted unprecedented authority by Louis XIV, the Sun King, no one could stage operas in France without Jean-Baptiste Lully's permission. By 1686, however, Lully's authority was waning and his long-standing librettist deserted him to write sacred works. Despite these setbacks, Lully wrote Acis et Galatee, a pastorale heroïque, and one of his final masterpieces. Its plot - the cyclops Poliphème's love for the nymph Galatee - drew from Lully an astonishing alternation of effects, a profound monologue for the nymph in Act III and a magnificent concluding Passacaille, all framed by a succession of dances and vividly conceived choruses.
"Sardelli (wielding an authentically Lullian staff for certain movements) propels a crisp account - the festival orchestra's first with period instruments. The many dances show off a wonderful variety of instrumental colours." Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month Aug 2023
