J. P. Rameau Les Boréades ( Vashegyi, 2023)

LES BORÉADES Tragédie lyrique en cinq actes Composer: JeanPhilippe Rameau (16831764) Libretto: attributed to Louis de Cahusac (17061759) Composition date: c. 1763. The work remained unperformed in Rameau s lifetime. The first known staged performance happened on 21 July 1982 at the Festival d AixenProvence under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner. Alphise: Sabine Devieilhe Abaris: Reinoud Van Mechelen Calisis: Benedikt Kristjánsson Borilée: Philippe Estèphe Borée: Thomas Dolié Adamas, Apollon: Tassis Christoyannis L Amour, Polymnie, Sémire, Une Nymphe: Gwendoline Blondeel Conductor: György Vashegyi Purcell Choir Orfeo Orchestra Live recording from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (30 September 2023). Libretto available at: Picture: Detail from The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (c. 14841486). This recording has bee