Echo et Narcisse | Gluck
Tragedy in music in a prologue and five acts.
"More historically informed than ever, Niquet and his troops offer us an exemplary resurrection of the first tragedy in music that Marais composed alone". Diapason, May 2023.
This recording was awarded a Diapason d'or in May 2023.
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Produced by Château de Versailles Spectacles.
Coproduced by Le Concert Spirituel and Château de Versailles Spectacles.
Recorded in October 2022 at the Opéra Royal du Château of Versailles.
Programme co-produced by Le Concert Spirituel, Château de Versailles Spectacles.
With the support of the Fondation Étrillard, the Meescheart Group and the LFPI Group, patrons of Gluck's production of Echo and Narcisse.
Released on 25 August 2023.
CD length: 102 min
Cast
Adriana González Echo
Cyrille Dubois Narcisse
Caroline Jestaedt Amour
Sahy Ratia Cynire
Cécile Achille Eglé
Adèle Carlier Aglaé
Laura Jarrell Thanaïs
Lucie Edel Sylphie
Le Concert Spirituel Choir and Orchestra
Hervé Niquet Musical direction
After five triumphs at the Paris Opéra, Chevalier Gluck, reformer of French opera and protégé of Marie-Antoinette, created his last work in 1779: Echo and Narcisse, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses. In the style of a pastoral, rejected by the public at its premiere, it is a tribute to the splendour of the French tradition. With the support of the Fondation Etrillard, Hervé Niquet has resurrected Gluck's last opus, in which the fates of the nymph Echo, who repeats the last word she hears ad infinitum, and the proud Narcissus, condemned to love only his own reflection, intertwine: two perfectly baroque myths!
To read the booklet online. (English version included)
