Jean-Sébastien Bou
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New. Lully: Proserpine
Marie Lys (Proserpine), Ambroisine Bré (Arethusa), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Crinise), Véronique Gens (Ceres), Nick Pritchard (Mercury), Laurence Kilsby (Alphée); Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Marie Lys makes much of the few opportunities she is given...this penultimate instalment in Christophe Rousset's magnificent survey of Lully's operas should not be missed. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 27th June 2026, Record of the Week
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Special offer. Méhul: Uthal
RecommendedKarine Deshayes (Malvina), Yann Beuron (Uthal), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Larmor), Sébastien Droy (Ullin), Philippe-Nicolas Martin (Le Chef des Bardes / Le Troisième Barde)
Les Talens Lyriques & Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
Yann Beuron is the keenly engaged Uthal, while Jean-Sébastien Bou gives Larmor a wronged nobility and Karine Deshayes is consistently expressive as the anguished Malvina. There’s characterful... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th February 2017
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018
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Special offer. Massenet: Ariane
Amina Edris (Ariane), Kate Aldrich (Phèdre), Jean-François Borras (Thésée), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Pirithoüs), Julie Robard-Gendre (Perséphone), Munich Radio Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Laurent Campellone
Campellone undoubtedly believes in Massenet ’s score, coaxing f ine playing from the Munich Radio Orchestra, particularly the woodwinds. It is unmistakably Massenet, replete with rich orchestral... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Premiere Recordings
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year (Amina Edris)
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Special offer. Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Judith van Wanroij (Iphigénie), Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Clytemnestre), Tassis Christoyannis (Agamemnon), Cyrille Dubois (Achille), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Calchas); Le Concert de La Loge, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles Julien Chauvin
for their mingled musical insight and unflinching dramatic intensity, Chauvin and his superb forces now become the prime recommendation for what is arguably the most unjustly neglected opera... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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New. Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2
Carmen - Hamlet - Fortunio - La nonne sanglante -Lakmé
Opéra Comique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Langrée, Laurence Equilbey, Raphaël Pichon
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Special offer. Stravinsky: Le Rossignol
Sabine Devieilhe (Le Rossignol), Cyrille Dubois (Le Pêcheur), Chantal Santon Jeffery (La Cuisinière), Jean-Sébastien Bou (L’Empereur de Chine), Laurent Naouri (Le Chambellan), Victor Sicard (Le Bonze), Lucile Richardot (La Mort); Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
the period forces of François-Xavier Roth’s Les Siècles bring to the piece a gentle colouristic charm, an apt tonal tenderness and gentle luminosity, offering a more individual sound than would... —
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Pierné - Sophie Arnould
Sophie Marin-Degor (Sophie Arnould), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Dorval) & Doris Lamprecht (Babet)
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Nicolas Chalvin
Sophie Marin-Degor conveys the fragile façade of Arnould with beautiful clarity, and Jean-Sébeastien Bou well captures Dorval's breezy attractiveness. The Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Opera Finalist
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Special offer. Sacchini, G: Renaud
Marie Kalinine, Julien Dran, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Pierrick Boisseau, Julie Fuchs, Katia Velletaz, Chantal Santon, Jennifer Borghi, Cyrille Dubois & Pascal Bourgeois
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
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New. Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2
Carmen - Hamlet - Fortunio - La nonne sanglante - Lakmé
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Langrée, Laurence Equilbey, Raphaël Pichon
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Special offer. Kreutzer, R: La Mort d'Abel
Katia Velletaz (Méala), Yumiko Tanimura (Tirsa), Jennifer Borghi (Ève), Sébastien Droy (Abel), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Caïn), Pierre-Yves Pruvot (Adam), Alain Buet (Anamalech)
Les Agrémens, Guy Van Waas
the fine performance of Guy van Waas and Les Agrémens reveals music of imaginative colours and profuse sentimentality that sometimes sounds like a stepping-stone between Haydn's Creation and... —
