Jules Massenet – GRISÉLIDIS – ‘Devant le soleil clair’ (Michèle Command & Didier Henry) скачать в хорошем качестве

Jules Massenet – GRISÉLIDIS – ‘Devant le soleil clair’ (Michèle Command & Didier Henry)

GRISÉLIDIS Conte lyrique en 3 Actes, avec un Prologue Composer : Jules Massenet (1842–1912) Libretto : Armand Silvestre & Eugène Morand, after the authors’ play of the same name (1891), inspired by the mediaeval legend from the late 12th century First performance : Opéra-Comique, Paris, 20 November 1901 SETTING : Provence, 14th century (Middle Ages) PLOT: The Marquis de Saluces, leaving for the Crusades, has defied the Devil to overcome his wife Grisélidis. She resists all her tempter’s assaults, even when he kidnaps her son Loys. Saint Agnes, appearing in a blaze of light, returns the child to his mother. No. 5 – Le Serment de Grisélidis : ‘Devant le soleil clair qui monte au firmament’ No. 6 – Adieux du Marquis à son fils : ‘Toi, dont pour le faix lourd des armes’ Grisélidis bids the Marquis farewell and promises eternal faithfulness to him. He takes leave of his wife and son, and departs. Grisélidis watches him go from a window. Her servant Bertrade reads aloud Odysseus’s reunion with Penelope. Grisélidis (lyric soprano): Michèle Command Le Marquis de Saluces (baritone): Didier Henry Bertrade (soprano): Brigitte Desnoues Gondebaud (baritone or basse chantante): Maurice Sieyès Chœurs de Lyon Conductor : Patrick Fournillier Orchestre Symphonique Franz Liszt de Budapest Massenet Festival, Saint-Étienne, 1992