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Subject(s)

• Operas [Browse]
• Hypermnestra (Greek mythology)—Drama [Browse]
• Lynceus (Greek mythology)—Drama [Browse]

Librettist

• Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786 [Browse]
• Tschudi, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Théodore, baron de, 1734-1784 [Browse]

Singer

• Wanroij, Judith van [Browse]
• Talbot, Philippe [Browse]
• Christoyannis, Tassis [Browse]
• Velletaz, Katia [Browse]
• Dolié, Thomas, 1979- [Browse]

Conductor

• Rousset, Christophe [Browse]

Writer of added commentary

• Dratwicki, Benoît [Browse]
• Jordan, Marc-Henri [Browse]

Performer

• Centre de musique baroque de Versailles. Chantres [Browse]
• Talens lyriques [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Operas [Browse]

Related work(s)

Libretto based on (work): Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795. Ipermestra o Le Danaidi. [Browse]

Series

• Opéra français (Palazzetto Bru Zane) ; v. 9. [More in this series]
• Opéra français = French opera

Notes

• Title from disc label.
• Tragédie lyrique in 5 acts.
• Libretto by François Bailli du Roullet and Louis-Théodore de Tschudi after Ramieri de Calzabigi.
• Two-disc set, inserted in front and rear pockets of book with essays by Benoît Dratwicki, Marc-Henri Jordan and Hivart, a review published May 23 1784, synopsis, and libretto, in French and English (135 pages : portraits, illustrations ; 21 cm).
• "Limited and numbered edition of 3000"--Book, title page.

Time and place of event

Recorded 2013 November 29-30 L'Arsenal, Metz, France.

Participant(s)/​Performer(s)

Judith van Wanroij (Hypermnestre) ; Philippe Talbot (Lyncée) ; Tassis Christoyannis (Danaüs) ; Katia Velletaz (Plancippe) ; Thomas Dolié (Pélagus, officers) ; Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles ; Les Talens Lyriques ; Christophe Rousset, conductor.

Language note

Sung in French.

Contents

• Essays: Intrigues et polémiques à l'Académie royale de musique = Intrigue and controversy at the Académie Royale de Musique / Benoît Dratwicki
• Les décors des Danaïdes et le langage de l'architecture = Stage scenery for Les Danaïdes and the architectural language / Marc-Henri Jordan
• Lettres sur Les Danaïdes = Correspondence on the staging of Les Danaïdes / Hivart
• L'opinion musicale du Mercure de France = The musical opinion of Le Mercure de France.

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ISBN

• 8460669491
• 9788460669494

Publisher no.

ES 1019

OCLC

918301713

RCP

C - O

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