Reines

Dauvergne, Antoine, Desmarest, Henry, Destouches, André Cardinal, Francoeur, François, Montéclair, Michel Pignolet de, Montigny, Joseph Valette de, Rameau, Jean-Philippe, Royer, Pancrace, różni kompozytorzy, Salomon, François-Joseph, Stück, Jean-Baptiste

Bestion de Camboulas, Louis-Noël, Ensemble Les Surprises, Gens, Veronique

Alpha 1205

After Passion (ALPHA747), Véronique Gens reunites with Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas' ensemble Les Surprises to celebrate a type of role intrinsically linked to 17th- and 18th-century French baroque opera: queens! “Operatic queens are powerful women, often torn between duty and passion, with a fundamentally complex psychology. They display a range of emotions to match the theatre’s dramatic and scenic effects; they also demand above all music that is by turns intense and sophisticated.” writes Benoît Dratwicki of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, a partner in this project. With Véronique Gens, one could not dream of a better embodiment of these women's destinies set to music by the most famous composers of the time (Rameau, Rebel, Dauvergne, Royer, Desmarest, Salomon, Stuck, Destouches, Francœur...), many of whom have been unjustly forgotten.

Works:

•Dauvergne: Polyxène: Tremblement de terre
•Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: Quelle plainte en ces lieux m'appelle
•Dauvergne: Hercule mourant
•François-Joseph Salomon: Médée et Jason: Prête à porter d'horribles coups
•Desmarest: Renaud, ou la suite d'Armide
•Destouches, A: Callirhoé: Premier air pour les sacrificateurs
•Royer, P: Zaïde, reine de Grenade: Tyrans des cœurs
•Destouches, A: Callirhoé: Deuxième air pour les sacrificateurs
•Dauvergne: Canente: Sombre déesse du silence
•Montigny: Chœur du sommeil
•Gouffres qui conduisezRameau: Dardanus, RCT 35: Air tendre
•Rameau: Zoroastre, RCT 62: Amour, cruel amour
•Rameau: Acanthe et Céphise, RCT 29: Menuet
•Rameau: Dardanus, RCT 35: Air très vif
•Monteclair: Jephté

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Alpha

19.03.2026

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