So Romantique!
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So Romantique!
Cyrille Dubois (tenor) / Orchestre National de Lille; Pierre Dumoussaud
[ Alpha Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 10 March 2023
'SO Romantique!' illustrates the 'profoundly sentimental' side of French opera from the 1830s to the 1900s, which gradually came to be judged overwrought and was condemned to partial oblivion. 'I am convinced that this is because the principals of interpretation were lost', says the tenor Cyrille Dubois. 'I have therefore put together this programme, which gives pride of place to rarities while highlighting the theatrical character and the use of registers so emblematic of the French ténor de grâce, in the hope of restoring this precious French heritage to its former glory.' The sleuthing skills of the Palazzetto Bru Zane have assembled these treasures by Bizet, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Auber, Halévy, Donizetti, Thomas and Delibes, the less well-known Godard, Dubois and Silver, and the virtually unknown Luce-Varlet and Clapisson. With the Orchestre National de Lille conducted by Pierre Dumoussaud, the French tenor deploys the full range of his artistry, the impressive high notes, the luminous tone and the graceful phrasing that is 'so Cyrille'!
"this is not any tenor, but an artist who aspires to recreate the style of the fabled French ténor de grâce with top notes sung from the head and not the chest...Crisp diction and a graceful legato are coupled with elegantly produced tone and positively athletic decoration." BBC Music
"Dubois is an incredibly tasteful singer and I can't imagine any other tenor of today being as stylish an advocate for these unknown scores." Gramophone
"The album is a treasury of rarely heard (and previously unheard) music...Dubois handles them all with intelligence, finesse and flair, singing with perfect native French diction." Opera
International Opera Awards 2023
Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
Tracks:
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber - La barcarolle, S. 38, Act II: Air. "Asile où règne le silence" (Fabio)
Benjamin Godard - Pedro de Zalamea, Op. 79, Act I: Romance. "Combien de fois j'ai rêvé d'elle" (Alvar)
Ambroise Thomas - Le roman d'Elvire, Act II: Récitatif et air. "Ah ! Vive Dieu !. . . Suprême puissance" (Gennaro)
François-Adrien Boieldieu - La Dame blanche, Act II: Cavatine. "Maintenant, observons… viens, gentille dame" (Georges)
Fromental Halévy - Les mousquetaires de la reine, Act III: Couplets. "Enfin un jour plus doux se lève" (Olivier)
Louis Clapisson - Gibby la cornemuse, Act I: Romance du sommeil. "Rêvons qu'un plus beau jour" (Gibby)
Gaetano Donizetti - La fille du régiment, Act I: Cavatine. "Ah ! Mes amis, quel jour de fête !" (Tonio)
Charles Gounod - Le médecin malgré lui, CG 3, Act II: Fabliau. "Je portais dans une cage" (Léandre)
Charles Luce-Varlet - L'élève de Presbourg: Air. "De ses illusions… Viens, ô mélodie" (Haydn)
Georges Bizet - La jolie fille de Perth, GB 6, Act III: Air. "C'est donc ici… ô cruelle" (Smith)
Théodore Dubois - Xavière, Act II: Air. "Au clair matin" (Landry)
Charles Silver - Myriane, Act III: Air. "Seul, ai-je dit" (Henri)
Ambroise Thomas - Mignon, Act II: Mélodie. "Adieu, mignon !" (Wilhelm)
Léo Delibes - Lakmé, Act I: Air. "Prendre le dessin d'un bijou… fantaisie aux divins mensonges" (Gérald)
Ambroise Thomas - Raymond, Act III: Cavatine. "Fils de roi… point de pitié" (Raymond)
Camille Saint-Saëns - Le timbre d'argent, Act I: Mélodie. "Humble et pauvre… demande à l'oiseau" (Bénédict)
Louis Clapisson - Le Code noir, Act III: Romance. "Non, vous n'aurez pas… Adieu, toi ma pauvre mère" (Donatien)
