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NAXOS TO RELEASE SACCHINI’S OEDIPE À COLONE
2-CD Set Features Opera Lafayette of Washington, DC |
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Antonio SACCHINI (1730–1786):
Oedipe à Colone
Oedipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . François
Loup
Antigone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nathalie
Paulin
Polinice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert
Getchell
Thésée . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony
Boutté
Eriphile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kirsten
Blaise
Opera Lafayette Orchestra and Chorus, Ryan Brown
8.660196-97 (UPC 730099619622)
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Antonio Sacchini was one of the leading composers of Italian opera seria of the late 18th century.
Oedipe à Colone, based on Sophocles’’ tragedy of the same name, was extraordinarily successful, with 583 performances at the Paris Opéra between 1787 and 1844.
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This recording features Opera Lafayette of Washington, D.C., who also recorded Gluck’s
Orphée et Euridice for Naxos (8660185-86; UPC 0730099618526).
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Of the Opera
Lafayette’s May 2005 performance of Oedipe à Colone, Joseph McLellan of the Washington Post wrote “the production was outstanding. Getchell’s voice and training are exactly right for this repertoire and Loup gave his usual flawless performance . . . It would be hard to over praise the work of music director Ryan Brown in leading the period-instrument orchestra and the excellent small chorus.”
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The Opera Lafayette
will open its season on October 15th at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. with a concert celebrating bass-baritone François Loup, who stars in the
Oedipe à Colone in the title role.
ALSO ON NAXOS
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GLUCK: Orphée et Euridice
Opera Lafayette, Ryan Brown;
soloists
(8660185-86; UPC 0730099618526)
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