Jacquet De La Guerre: Céphale Et Procris

Blondeel, Gwendoline; A Nocte Temporis; Huang, Wei-Lian; Binon, Lore; Chœur de Chambre de Namur; Abadie, Lisandro; Namotte, Samuel; Verbueken, Gert-Jan; Mauillon, Marc; Bourdeaux, Laurent; Lannoy, Pauline de; Mechelen, Reinoud Van; Cachet, Deborah; Nikolovska, Ema

1694: the first French opera composed by a woman is premiered at the Academie royale de musique. The fateful destiny of the Greek lovers, driven to blindness and horror by the gods: Cephalus will kill Procris, whom he believes to be unfaithful, and himself… A virtuoso harpsichordist much appreciated by Louis XIV, Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre chose to become a composer at a time when such freedom was virtually unheard of for a woman. Her gamble paid off, with six performances and the admiration of posterity: this flamboyant work has finally been brought back to the public by Reinoud van Mechelen.

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