Antonio Sacchini was an early composer of the classical era -- he studied with Francesco Durante -- whose place in the scheme of things was not established until relatively late in the classical game. Sacchini's posthumous fame rested chiefly on one work, the French opera seria Oedipe à Colone. Premiered at the Paris Opéra in February 1787 -- a ...
The professional career of French haute-contre (high tenor) Pierre de Jéylotte corresponded almost exactly with Rameau's years of operatic success. His first significant role, in fact, was in the premiere of Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie in 1733, the composer's first operatic triumph. In this album, haute-contre Jean-Paul Fouchécourt pays homage to ...
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