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Forbidden Love Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne is the unique case in the 18th century of a French composer who was educated in Germany. He left his home country at the age of 19 to study in Berlin with Graun and Kirnberger, among others. Back in Paris in 1782, he first presented Electre, a composition in the succession of Gluck, before he turned to Phèdre and his rival Piccini in 1786. Beneath the classicist surface, early romantic elements shimmer here again and again, making the work an important link between classical and romantic opera. György Vashegyi presents the dramatic piece about a love that is as one-sided as it is forbidden here. The myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus, as terrible as it is fascinating, has been retold by many artists over the centuries, including composers. This recording presents the first performance of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne’s opera in its complete form since the premiere. It reveals a work whose classical surface conceals a style that is vehement, exalted and threatening by turns, a thrilling testimony to the bubbling energy of pre-Romanticism. Served by the total commitment of the Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir under the direction of György Vashegyi, the drama closes in on the inescapable destinies of Phèdre, Hippolyte and Thésée, movingly sung by Judith van Wanroij, Julien Behr and Tassis Christoyannis. |