Le Magnifique
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GRETRY
Le Magnifique
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Elizabeth Calleo, Marguerite Krull / Opera Lafayette, Ryan Brown
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 December 2012
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André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry was the greatest French composer of opéra-comique in the eighteenth century.
His librettist for Le Magnifique, Jean-Michel Sedaine, took a tale by La Fontaine and fashioned it into a compelling libretto. Grétry responded with an outstanding score, including one of the first programmatic overtures in musical history. His expressive love music, and extended preludes and postludes, add to the theatrical variety of this important and varied opera.
Tracks:
Gretry: Le Magnifique
World Première Recording
