Château de Versailles Spectacles
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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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New. Chevalier de Saint-George - Portrait
Lauranne Oliva, Victor Sicard, Bastien Rimondi, Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Roxana Rastegar, Anna Sypniewski (viola), Hanna Salzenstein (cello), Justin Taylor, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
This is overdue...Langlois de Swarte appropriately combines duties as spritely violin soloist with conducting the Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal. He brings plenty of vim and vigour to the concertos,... —
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Special offer. Cavalli: l'Egisto
Marc Mauillon (Egisto), Ambroisine Bré (Climene), Zachary Wilder (Lidio), Sophie Junker (Clori), Romain Bockler (Hipparco)
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
This beguiling early opera by Francesco Cavalli is given an equally beguiling performance in this premiere recording made in the opera theatre at the Palace of Versailles...Dumestre provides... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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New. Inexorable amour. Haendel: Cantates virtuoses
Marie Lys (soprano), Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Gaétan Jarry
Lys gives a superb account of all four cantatas. She brings freshness, clarity and luminous high notes to the virtuosic sections, and intensity and sensitivity to the reflective passages. —
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Special offer. Lully: Atys
Reinoud Van Mechelen (Atys), Marie Lys (Sangaride/Flore), Ambroisine Bré (Cybèle), Philippe Estèphe (Célénus)
Les Talens Lyriques, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Christophe Rousset
The instrumentalists of Les Talens Lyriques brilliantly tease out the drama...but the ultimate glory is Rousset ’s playing of the harpsichord, to which he gives its own affective voice – rejoicing... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Winner - Complete Recording
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Under harpsichordist-director Christophe Rousset, brisk instrumental movements are electrifying, laments wrenching and comic numbers hilarious. —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Rameau: Les Indes Galantes
Ana Quintans (soprano), Julie Roset (soprano), Emmanuelle de Negri (soprano), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Guillaume Andrieux (baritone), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (bass-baritone), La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
With the extra music for Amour in the Prologue, this is a welcome complement to the Budapest recording (with mostly French soloists) conducted by György Vashegyi. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Rameau: Platée
RecommendedZachary Wilder (tenor), Marie Lys (soprano), Cyril Costanzo, Cécile Achille, David Witczak, Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Juliette Mey, La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
The satire which director Valentin Tournet draws from his artists feeds off their virtuosity. Vidal relishes Platée's self-delusion with added trills, bouncy runs and moaning slides that showcase... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre: Cephale Et Procris
Lore Binon (soloist), Gwendoline Blondeel (soloist), Marc Mauillon (soloist), Lisandro Abadie (soloist), Wei-Lian Huang (soloist), Deborah Cachet (soloist), Samuel Namotte (soloist), Laurent Bourdeaux (soloist), Pauline De Lannoy (soloist), Gert-Jan Verbueken (soloist), Ema Nikolovska (soloist),...
A Nocte Temporis’s playing applies finesse to juxtaposed sensuality and energy... Reinoud van Mechelen juggles functions as conductor and flexible high tenor impressively. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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entirely up to the standard of excellence that one has come to expect from the Chateau de Versailles series. The orchestra of the Poème Harmonique is powerful yet discrete when needed…the voices... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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