Jean Baptiste Lully "Proserpine" Acte III (2º parte)

Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)

"Proserpine", Tragédie Lyrique, 1680.
Libretto, Philippe Quinault.

Acte III (2º Parte):

Scené V:Ma fille nést pas avec vous
Scené VI:Je ressens vos ennuis, et jén suis trop
Scené VII: Prelude.
O Malheureuse Mere
Ritournelle.
Aprés un si sensible utrage.

Le Concert Spirituel.
Hervé Niquet.

Proserpine: Salomé Haller, dessus.
Cérès: Stéphanie d´Oustrac, bas-dessus.
Aréthuse: Blandine Staskiewicz, bas-dessus.
Alpheeé: Cyril Auvity, haute-contre.

Synopsis Act III:

Along the Sicilian countryside, laid waste by the eruption of Mt.Etna, Alpheus and Arethusa look in vain for Proserpina, still unaware of the unfortunate maiden´s fate. Arethusa, suspecting Pluto might have abducted the young girl entrusted to her by Ceres, decides to descended to the underworld to find out. At that very moment, Ceres arrives on the scene. She is startled not to see her daugther; upon receiving no responde from the people of Sicily or, what is still more unserttlin, from Jupiter himself despite her invocations, she is overcome by a sudden fit of desperation and rage. In her folly, she destroys the countryside an the farmlands, fruits of her kindness.

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[jmtappenden]

Idyllic beauty in music.Stephanie d'Oustrac superb.Choral section great.Thanks.