Ed Spanjaard, Opera Trionfo & Nieuw Ensemble - Francis Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias (2003)
Ed Spanjaard, Opera Trionfo & Nieuw Ensemble - Francis Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 258 Mb | Total time: 55:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 92056 | Recorded: 2002
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 258 Mb | Total time: 55:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 92056 | Recorded: 2002
Poulenc’s remarkable comic opera ‘The Breasts of Tiresias’ was written during the darkest days of the German occupation of France. The premiere, at the Opera Comique was a great success, and given this was in 1947, it must have provided a much needed tonic for the war weary Parisians.
The libretto was written by the composer, and adapted from the 1903 play by Apollinaire. He was the playwright that coined the term ‘surrealist’, and his play (and Poulenc’s libretto) is certainly a prime example of surrealism. He draws on the ancient legend of the blind seer Tiresias, who is granted his wish to be a woman to find out what life (and sex) is like for both genders. Apollinaire transforms and reverses the ancient Tiresias into the very modern Thérèse who wants to make war, not babies. As her breasts float skywards, her husband takes her place – and promptly gives birth to 40,049 babies in a single day. Poulenc makes this into a madcap farcical drama, a racy story that sails close to the wind with many double meanings allied to a sensual and wonderfully crafted score.
The work is in many ways the quintessential 20th-century French comic opera. It is, however, rarely heard – the last high-profile staging was at the Metropolitan Opera in 2002. This recording is a welcome addition to the catalogue as the work is a gem among 20th-century operas and deserves to be better known.
Performer:
Thérèse, La cartomancienne - Renata Arends
Le mari - Bernard Loonen
Le gendarme - Mattijs van de Woerd
Le directeur - Hans Pieter Herman
La marchande de journaux - Maaike Beekman
Le journaleste - Leo van der Plas
Lacouf, Le fils - Terence Mierau
Presto - Jan-Willem Baljet
Opera Trionfo
Nieuw Ensemble
Ed Spanjaard, conductor
Tracklist:
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Les mamelles de Tirésias, FP 125
01. Prologue (Le directeur)
Acte 1
02. Scène 1: Non, Monsieur mon mari (Thérèse, Le mari)
03. Scène 2: Donne moi du lard, je te dis (Thérèse, Le mari)
04. Scène 3: Je déménage (Le mari)
05. Scène 4: Avec vous, vieux Lacouf (Lacouf, Presto)
06. Scène 5: Ah! Chère liberté (Lacouf, Presto, Thérèse, Le mari, Le peuple)
07. Scène 6: Ah! Puisqu'enfin voici un agent de l'autorite (Le mari, Le gendarme, Le peuple)
08. Scène 7: Fameux représentant de toute autorité (Le mari, Le peuple)
09. Scène 8: Elle sort un bobard (Le gendarme, La marchande de journaux, Le mari, Lacouf, Presto, Le peuple)
10. Entr'acte (Le peuple)
Acte 2
11. Scène 1: Ah! C'est fou les joies de la peternité (Le mari, Les nouveaux-nés)
12. Scène 2: Hands Up! … Bonjour, Monsieur le mari (Le journaleste, Le mari)
13. Scène 3: Eh oui! C'est simple comme un périscope (Le mari)
14. Scène 4: Mon cher papa si vous voulez savoir (Le fils, Le mari)
15. Scène 5: Celui-ci n'est pas réussi (Le mari, Le gendarme)
16. Scène 6: Il paraît que vous en faites de belles (Le mari, Le gendarme)
17. Scène 7: Chastes citoyens (Thérèse, Le mari, Le gendarme)
18. Scène 8: Il faut s'aimer ou je succombe (Thérèse, Le mari, La marchande de journaux, Le gendarme, Le peuple)
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Ed Spanjaard, Opera Trionfo & Nieuw Ensemble - Francis Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias (2003)
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