Hippolyte et Aricie (complete opera recorded in 2012)
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Hippolyte et Aricie (complete opera recorded in 2012)
Paris Opera Palais Garnier / Topi Lehtipuu, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Stéphane Degoutad, Sarah Connolly / Emmanuelle Haim
[ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD ]
Release Date: Friday 28 November 2014
Suitable for General Audiences
Xavier Ribes - chorus master
Antoine Fontaine - sets
Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz - costume
Hervé Gary - lighting
Natalie Van Parys - choreography
Olivier Simonnet - filming director
Emmanuelle Haïm has established herself as one of the world's leading performers, conductors and interpreters of Baroque repertoire, not only with Le Concert d'Astrée, the ensemble she founded in 2000, but with several of the world's greatest orchestras. Known for her fresh and expressive approach to Baroque music, she has garnered critical acclaim and several international awards with her own ensemble, including Victoires de la Musique Classique, ECHOs, Gramophone Awards, and Grammy nominations.
In this DVD recorded live at the Paris Opera Palais Garnier, Haïm is joined by the orchestra of Le Concert d'Astrée, as well stellar cast including Sarah Connolly as Phèdre, Stéphane Degout as Thésée, Anne-Catherine Gillet as Aricie and Topi Lehtipuu as Hippolyte in the acclaimed production from Ivan Alexandre.
Total running time: 180 minutes
"[Haim leads with] a fine sensitivity towards the urgent, tensile springiness of the melodic lines; and a superb handling of the instrumental forces...The title role here is taken by the suitably voluptuous Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva who has admirable technique and tone" (BBC Music)
"Cencic has the range to bash out Nerone's highest notes, and the occasional histrionic high passages and over-the-top delivery suit Nerone's brattish character. Ann Hallenberg's jilted Ottavia and Tim Mead's Ottone...are vocally and dramatically outstanding." (Gramophone)
"The play-within-a-play a la Brecht eventually recedes and the opera turns specifically into itself, up until very near the end...[Cencic] is one dangerous, hyperactive, dishevelled Emperor...[Haim's] way of colouring a scene rarely fails her." (International Record Review)
