Special offer. Opera Arias: Gluck, Haydn, Mozart
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie
The Canadian contralto's depth is genuine, even if there's a mezzo quality higher up. Hers may not be the richest or most rounded tone around, but she delivers everything assigned to her with...
Special offer. Opera Arias: Gluck, Haydn, Mozart
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie
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The Canadian contralto's depth is genuine, even if there's a mezzo quality higher up. Hers may not be the richest or most rounded tone around, but she delivers everything assigned to her with...
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In the line of a rich and eclectic discography, Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s new recital, recorded with leading North American classical and baroque orchestra Les Violons du Roy, is devoted to the first decades of classical opera era. As always, Marie-Nicole Lemieux has combined hits of the repertoire (Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro) with much less renowned pieces to which she gives new light, such as Graun’s 'Montezuma', Gluck’s 'Iphigénie en Aulide' or young Mozart’s 'Mitridate'.
The warm and sensitive voice of Marie-Nicole Lemieux as well as the very precise and specific rhythm provided by Bernard Labadie’s orchestra perfectly combine to draw a complete range of musical colours.
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Awards and reviews
January 2013
The Canadian contralto's depth is genuine, even if there's a mezzo quality higher up. Hers may not be the richest or most rounded tone around, but she delivers everything assigned to her with a keen dramatic overview...Her ability to extract meaning from text and notes is impressive throughout.
January 2013
You might think that a band called Les Violons du Roy would feature period instruments: it doesn't, but the playing is lean and muscular, with plenty of light and air...Lemieux's spine-tingling account of Clytemnestra's air in Iphigenie en Aulide is complemented by Bernard Labadie's attention to detail
February 2013
her bottom range shows a strength worthy of Marilyn Horne...[in the Mitridate aria] Lemieux is a veritable spitfire as she spews out the young man's venom...Lemieux sings [Che faro?] with rich tone, clear focus and subtle hints in her colouring...This CD is another desirable addition to Lemieux's growing discography, with so much in which to revel.
