Музыка и песни d’Hérin Sébastien / д'Эрен Себастьен

Campra was the most important opera composer between Lully and Rameau. The success of Europe Galante in 1697 is a tribute to this founding work of the Opera-Ballet, mixing dance and opera in the opulent divertissements. Campra takes the spectator on a voyage into the amorous nations of Europe. France moves to the rhythm of the genteel heartbeat of the shepherds and the shepherdesses, Italy refined but jealous and violent and finally the Sultan who has to soothe the criminal bitterness of the Sultana, who has been ousted by a beautiful slave... Spicy musical banter during the reign of Louis XIV, recovered by Les Nouveaux Caracteres directed by Sebastien d'Herin. Treat yourself to Versailles! With recordings exclusively made in the emblematic settings of the royal residence such as the Opera, the Chapel, Château de Versailles Spectacles is the label dedicated to the repertoire of the most glorious years in the château's history. Baroque gems, prestigious artists and discoveries, these productions will transport the listener into the splendour and intimacy of historic Versailles as well as today. The label Château de Versailles Spectacles created in 2018 on the occasion of the tenth season of the Royal Opera is evidence of the intense musical activity in this highly important world heritage centre of international tourism which welcomes every year some 8 million visitors.

CD + DVD Perhaps Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Devin du Village has been waiting just for you for two centuries at the Theatre de la Reine at the Petit Trianon. On September 19, 1780, Marie-Antoinette was on stage, in costume, and was acting with her troop of aristocrats in front of a public of close friends. That evening, she was singing the role of Colette, the heroine of this one act opera composed in 1753 by the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, perhaps the most celebrated work of its time. That exceptional evening, a veritable fantasy of the Queen’s who imagined that she was a shepherdess, has been resuscitated under the direction of Sebastien d’Herin in a costumed reconstitution, staged in the original historic sets. A bonus film of the complete performance accompanies this recording.