Featured artists:
Cyrille Dubois, David Witczak, Judith Van Wanroij, Jehanne Amzal, Artavazd Sargsyan, Arnaud Richard, Marine Lafdal-Franc, Anne-Sophie Petit, Floriane Hasler, La Grande Ecurie, Les Ambassadeurs, Olivier Scheneebeli, Les Chantres Du Centre De Musique Baroque De Versailles
An opera of adventurous and lavish scope, Rameau’s magical Achante et Céphise receives its world premiere recording – 270 years after its staged premiere at the Académie royale de musique in celebration of the birth of Louis XV’s grandson. The first French opera to feature clarinets, it offers a rich sequence of choruses, ballets and virtuoso ariettes and opens with a celebratory overture which includes a graphic musical depiction of a fireworks display. Alexis Kossenko conducts tenor Cyrille Dubois and soprano Sabine Devieilhe in the title roles, Les Ambassadeurs – the orchestra he founded in 2010 – and the choral singers of Les Chantres du CMBV (Centre de musique baroque de Versailles).
