Desmarest: Circé / d'Hérin, Les Nouveaux Caracteres

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Label
Château de Versailles Spectacles
Release Date
March 24, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Henry Desmarest
    • PERFORMER
      Veronique Gens, Sebastien D'Herin, Les Nouveaux Caracteres
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 24, 2023
    • UPC
      3770011431915
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CVS085
    • LABEL
      Château de Versailles Spectacles
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Circé

      Composer: Henry Desmarest

      Ensemble: Les Nouveaux Caracteres

      Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano), Mathias Vidal (Tenor), Caroline Mutel (Soprano), Cécile Achille (Soprano), Romain Bockler (Baritone), Nicolas Courjal (Bass)

      Conductor: Sebastien d'Herin


Desmarest was something of a frustrated genius. A precocious musician, he had a great career on opera from 1693 to 1698. His destiny was broken when he kidnapped the love of his life and fled to Brussels to escape a death sentence. Kapellmeister to the King of Spain, Philippe V in 1701, then to the Duke of Lorraine, Paris remained off-limits to him until 1720 … Circé (1694) was his apotheosis, meeting of Ulysses and the sorcerers, a superb and supernatural heroine. The dramatic force of the work stimulates the flamboyant Véronique Gens who plays the evil lover!