Lully and Molière: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

[vividejuin]

La scène est éclairée à l'ancienne : avec des bougies ! Les voix sont mélodieuses ! C'est magnifique !

[153co]

LULLY, beauté et virtuosité.

[uretanairobi]

It´is a wonderful spectacle. The people involved in this project has taken a great risk making it. Like spectator I enjoyed a lot and learnt about how our ancestors made theater. I felt like if I was in the 17 century. The singers, musicinas, dancers and actors makes a magic combination. THANKS A LOT FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMPANY!

[1377ana]

magical.... and sublime

[TheMissrock93]

c'est en ancien français ... comme on dit la "Langue de Molière" ~!!!

Magnifique ... j'aime bcp !! u_u

[TheLulucastor]

très beau.

[AnimaMiaPerdona]

Is the whole play this good?

[celeluwhen]

@AnimaMiaPerdona Oui, c'est fantastique d'un bout à l'autre! [Yes, it is, dear.]

[45gerard57]

bravo super....

[capucina1]

J'ADORE!!!!!

[arkeo2001]

Incredibile, tra le più belle pagine del barocco...

[languedocchat]

Superbe...

[adrianoxyz]

che meraviglia!

[luisbassooon]

this is real music!, delicious!, thax for post this!,

[mrmolinodelahoz]

It is a lovely music which cannot make us feel tender and loved by all.

It feeds the soul like honey feeds the pallette.

[coaxqueen]

n'existe cette version en DVD?

Merci de poster, la toute première fois vu Le Bourgeois en scène! Super! =)

[martimtavares]

existe!

[bsartist]

I'd take the intellectual depth of Bach over this any day personally, but to each his own.

[maxtanz]

@peipuss italian baroque perhaps? :-)

[magilan7]

@maxtanz :

No it's french, even if LULLY was from italian origin. "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme" is a play from MOLIERE, music from JB LULLY.

You have there a perfect example of the Comedie-Ballet, a french theater style created during the XVIIe century.

[richardrmartineau]

"(hand movements corresponding to points in the music)"

Pas uniquement, voir les deux mains qui se joignent sur la poitrine en parlant du cœur.

On voyait mal les visages et leur expression, les gestes servaient donc à transmettre le sentiment de l'acteur. Il y avait des traités entiers de gestes de scène.

[hardyromeo]

I wonder whether this kind of performance has not been given until recently. Why is it?

Does this performance show the influence from Japanese Kabuki?

[8497289]

This is the traditional style of french tragedie en lyrique both in staging and style of acting (hand movements corresponding to points in the music). As far as I know there's no influence from japanese kabuki, probably a coincidence.

[richardrmartineau]

Kabouki ? C'est une blague ?

[Mystep]

Very nice. The essence of french baroque: Grace and poetry. Est-ce qu'ils chantent en vieux francais?

[burzum21]

absolument ! ils prononcent les textes exactement avec l'orthographe de l'époque ! c'est remarquable !

[richardrmartineau]

Oui, enfin pas tout à fait (suppression de consonnes finales quand suivies par une autre consonne : vous en goûtez les plaisirs, le z n'est pas prononcé).

Et à l'époque la prononciation théâtrale est déjà vieillie...

[OlafAndvarafors]

Lully amour! merci! )))

[gawronaa]

This Sunday I'm going to see it on the stage in Cracow :))) I'm sooooo excited :DDD

[suffiice]

wow im so jealous

[wagneraster]

Oh my! That soprano is divine!

[SephVon666]

Ah ! qu'il est doux d'aimer, Quand deux cœurs sont fidèles !

[tokyopigry]

wow, yet the stage setting is minimum (trees), it clearly tells where characters are!! i can see the couple walking the forest.

[breakingenergy]

Oh ! Oh super fabuleux !

[Lembas21]

Che finezza.Sublime!

[Cadmium77]

Wow...this is incredible. Thank you so much

[FigoItaliano]

That was awesome! Why can't I find a live performance like that? Does anyone know of any like that in the NYC area?

[cgavin1]

You can, if you have £140 for a ticket, £9 for a glass of wine, £25 for a programme (so you know what they are saying), £8 for parking and £200 a head for the bankquet. They do it a bit different in France. :)

[goyon38630]

pourquoi les gens parle qu anglais ? pourquoi il pale pas a leur langue ? peut etre par ce que le thêatre chante anglais mais sa n'empeche pas de parle en français .... pffff c'est pas grave mais vous serve à rien

[Pinna555]

Peut être parce que ce sont des anglophones qui sont tombés sur cette video... Ensuite, les chansons sont chantées en vieux français.

Malheureusement, la culture n'est pas donnée à tous.

[marisbosquet]

Gasp! What a wonderful, truly BAROQUE production. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE????

[charlesbonares]

@marisbosquet Christophe Rousset et Les Talents Lyriques

[samizdrama]

I agree that this is a wonderful production. Le Poème Harmonique deserves to be supported by sales of its DVD. Unfortunately, right now it looks like there's only one available through Amazon, for $93. I wish there were a poll on this page so we could send a message to Alpha Productions to reprint this issue! French Baroque music is glorious, and Moliere is supreme--what a combination.

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

at present it seems that a sure way to order the DVD is directly from the Alpha website or their shops in Paris ... :c

i agree with u ... it's sad that it's so hard to get this DVD ... :c

i envy those who have one...

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

@samizdrama

Hello !!! ... you can buy it directly from their website !!! Google "Alpha Libera" !!! And there is a pleasant surprise if you buy from their site !!!... :)

I got my DVD from their site !!! And i'm enjoying it for 1 year now !!! ♥♥♥

[davehshs]

@samizdrama No doubt sales would increase if this production included subtitles in English (the closest thing we have now to a universal language). No offense, Francophiles, just a little reality check.

[ishi330]

@davehshs The DVD does have subtitles in several languages, including English, Japanese, etc.

[davehshs]

@ishi330 Great! I'd love it if someone would repost this clip with English subtitles.

[romino707]

@samizdrama Apparently you can get it on DVD on ArkivMusic for 26 dollars. It's on sale from the original $30 right now

[samizdrama]

@romino707 Thank you for the information!

[suffiice]

This is possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever heard

[yourengland]

cruel cut-off!

[8497289]

these musicians embody the true spirit of the french baroque, but so many people express a hate or prejudice towards the french. This is because their own country or culture could not produce anything close to what was achieved in france during this period. They were the masters of music.

[greatcthulu]

I got in to Baroque through Bach -who didn't, though?- but my favorite composers are Lully and Rameau. The Germans get a bit too much credit.

[midnightblue80]

This is true. Composers like Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven are the first composers most average people are exposed to and these composers are like the gateway to much better composers music lovers will discover later. Give me Lully, Cavalli, Rossi, or Corelli please. :)

[boisfarine1970]

quelle voix magnifique le ténor !!!!!!!

[AdrianFortescue]

for a moment i will have this movie, so i will upload it on youtube ;)

[cgavin1]

I agree with Kortapid my friend. This is a wonderful apéritif, but the best cuisine has to be paid for!

[Kortapid]

I have it, but I'll never do this. THEY DESERVE TO BE PAID FOR THIS WONDERFUL WORK ! If you like it, then buy the DVD ! This is true Art. This is what makes me proud to be French ! They won't be able to continue if people steal them... because they will die ! THAT'S NOT AMERICAN IDOL, OK ! I have enough of this attitude !!!!

[signumxx]

Encore!!!

[AdrianFortescue]

Please. Have somebody this movie? I love Lully´s music, so can u upload this for rapidshare for example..maybe send me link :)

[Kortapid]

I have it, but I'll never do this. THEY DESERVE TO BE PAID FOR THIS WONDERFUL WORK ! If you like it, then buy the DVD ! This is true Art. This is what makes me proud to be French ! They won't be able to continue if people steal them... because they will die ! THAT'S NOT AMERICAN IDOL, OK ! I have enough of this attitude !!!!

[celeluwhen]

Magnifique... Authentique et vivant, c'est possible! Prouvé encore une fois par Vincent Dumestre et son poéme...

[fanny76680]

Rien ne peut égaler le Poëme Harmonique et ce cher Vincent Dumestre ...

[TubeFromMe]

Ce moment (ainsi interprété) est l'une des quintessences de la pièce. Peut-être aurait-il fallu préciser de quelle scène et de quel acte il s'agit, histoire de conférer à la chose un côté plus éducatif.

Toujours dans cette persective éducative, ajouter des sous-titres est souhaitable pour faciliter la compréhension de la prononciation de l'ancien français. Certes, la musique est baroque ; mais, en appréciant les mots (par exemple 6:06), on apprécie la délicate profondeur poétique de Molière !

[suffiice]

baroque music > all

[hukwald]

fantasie ...

[foropera]

C'est très beau et raffiné, suave.

Pourtant parfois je me demande pourquoi on les fait tant "se pâmer", dans cette relecture d'une époque qui était toute de brutalité et de courage physique.

[objectsdart]

There is a beauty and simplicity the staging which is entirely engaging -I especially love the lighting (hope that frock is fire-proofed!)

[cgavin1]

Superb. Absolutely stunning to the modern jaded pallete. Such sophistication and harmony.

[peipuss]

Just great.

[aldebussy]

NOTHING beats French and Italian music. No matter in what period of time (from Ravel to Lully and Rameau), they're music has a lyricism and comfort German, American, Hungarian, Persian, English and Russian music don't possess.

[KremeDeMentia]

In your humble opinion, though.

[pc0sence]

As if Ravel and that...last guy on the 20 franc note! The point is, none of these two are interesting. Least of all that 20 franc note person. France was IT before the French Revolution.

[aldebussy]

Watch it...I ADORE RAVEl.

[karanjamal]

Perhaps exempting romantic monoliths such as Wagner, Liszt, Bruckner, Brahms, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky you are quite right...

[aldebussy]

OK. Have some passion. I am not that stupid...I was being exuberant...

God....

[skopas69]

Ceci est une imposture!!! Pitié ! arrêtons le massacre.

[molierejeborec]

If you think, but why?

[molierejeborec]

Francois-Nicolas Geslot is amazing!!! I love his voice!!!

[fanny76680]

Cette vidéo est pas mal du tout.

J'ai été les voir en concert trois fois et j'ai rencontré Vincent Dumestre et Brunon le Levret, c'était absolument magnifique. Claire Lefilliâtre est assez reservée donc je ne l'ai pas trop abodée, mais ... franchement ... Quels musiciens ... Divin ...

[jiriarnet]

This is unbelievably magnifique !!!! Please, can anyone IMMEDIATELY share a link to text and music of that piece, I have fever. At least what is the name of that part?? Oh dear that is so lovely !!!

[PierreSitelle]

Magnifique ! Je suis fan de Claire Lefilliâtre !

[lordofthemusik]

this group is one of my favotits on early music' field

[AndSper]

How can I get the full video ?

[orionercan]

yes how ?

[BaroqueFever]

You can find more information here:

lebourgeoisgentilhomme[dot]com

[rosenberyou]

song is about love offcourse. But actually, all french music represent beauty of french language and motions. Look their arms while they singing, look their mouth.

[song32290]

thanks but that doesnt explain anything.

lol :D

[piedwagtailrameau]

Try and read about it on the internet - these people have kindly explained it quite well.

[song32290]

what is this song about?

:D

[gonrolgonrol]

I was just about to ask the same. Could somebody give us a litt summary please?

[legato699]

The tenor and the soprano praise the sweetness of love. Then the baritone says he was cheated on. He concludes women are false, and there is no faithful shepherdess. The couple carry on defending love, while the baritone says "Love: yuck".

The lady offers him her heart to show him love is possible. He accepts, but doubts about her faithfulness. She replies "Let's see who, of the two, will love better" Finally the three sing "How sweet it is to love, while two hearts are faithful"

[CaballeroCatalan]

Well, it's a pastoral idyll. The first one is walking through the forest singing about how there is nothing more sweet than the tender fires that make two hearts live in a same desire with his sheperdess. Then the third person comes in and laments the inconstance of women, and how "this inconstant sex, unworthy of the sun, should make forever renounce to love".

[CaballeroCatalan]

The two lovers enter into a discussion about the above subject, and in the end they all go on singing about how sweet it is to love when two hearts are faithful... *swoon* it's so romantic and pretty! Hope that was of some use...

[rosenberyou]

I watched this alive in Belgrade it takes 4 hours long and I wanted more... Could someone put "balet des nations" this is most beautifull part of the whole peace which is coming on the very end of it.

[sydouf]

BRAVO !!!! C'est absolument magnifique !!!!

[gonrolgonrol]

Very beautiful.

[AdrianFortescue]

06:30 - the best moment

[gonrolgonrol]

9:26- the worst moment ;)

[orionercan]

what a stupid joke yaaa offf

[lordofthemusik]

people who does not how to appreciate the good music!

[Manofhopeandglory]

I love how the trees have to move as to give the appearance that the couple is walking through a forest!

:p

[midnightblue80]

Nice music, not sure about the costumes...

[artdanks]

This is wonderful! Done so authentically Baroque! The singing, the instrumentation, the staging/acting, the costumes, etc. WONDERFUL! I get SOOO tired of seeing wonderful baroque operas destroyed by modernistic "innovative" staging, costumes, etc. The Baroque needs to remain completely baroque as experienced here! THANK YOU!!!!

[legato699]

La soprano est très habile. J'aime beaucoup ce qu'elle fait. Sa voix aussi.

Les « poses » que prennent les comédiens - mais surtout le baryton -, ça me tombe trop sur les nerfs, désolé.

La comédienne ne fait pas ce genre de poses.

[mallouss89]

j'adore.

[lparrillal]

I agree they are great! I was watching this spectacle in France this year and it was so so nice. I just love Claire's voice and Le Poeme Harmonique:)

[kali555b]

Splendid ! Marvellous ! We don't see too much works like this : I mean the old pronunciation of courtly french language is simply marvelous.

[andrewesjames]

These guys are unbelievable

[CaballeroCatalan]

sublime... just sublime...

[supermonto]

Hearing and seeing of this - just physical happiness!!!

[wooble73]

This is beautiful!

[Quebailemarieta]

I saw this in Brussels two year ago, and it was lit with the "light of a thousand candles". It was breathtaking. Thanks for the post!!!

[StandingRoom]

Nina: I take it you'll be going to see Sant'Alessio as well, later this year? If not, I'm sorry, didn't mean to rub it in. Just really looking forward to Christie conducting Jaroussky in another Lazar/Moaty production.

In the interest of staying on topic - everyone, invest in a copy of this DVD. It is full of win, what with Marzorati, Lefilliâtre, Julien Lubek (not doing much in this bit, but visible at the back), and Lazar himself.

[BaroqueFever]

Hopefully, I'm going to Paris at the end of November to see Sant' Alessio. I'm really looking forward to it :-)

[galigai]

Great. Will be more from Poem harmonique?

[Polymathes]

Thanks so much for posting these!

[Barelyjazzy]

BaroqueFever, you are the BEST! :D Thanks for yet another FANTASTIC video!