FULL Cléopâtre (Massenet) Paris 2019 Paola Mazzoli, Guilhem Souyri, Paul Gaugler, Véronique Chevalier

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Cléopâtre   
• Composer: Massenet Jules  
• Libretto: Louis Payen  
• Venue & Opera Company: Salle Cortot, Paris, France  
• Recorded: October 16, 2019
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Paola Mazzoli, Guilhem Souyri, Paul Gaugler, Véronique Chevalier, Arnaud Masclet, Claire-Elie Tenet
• Conductor: Hadrien OLEON  
• Orchestra: Irina KATAEVA, PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Hadrien  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Cléopâtre is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Payen. It was first performed at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo on 23 February 1914, nearly two years after Massenet’s death.

  Cléopâtre is one of three operas by Massenet to be premiered posthumously; the others are Panurge (1913) and Amadis (1922). The piece has seen limited revival since its premiere and has a modest modern recording history.

  Synopsis
  The story concerns the ill-fated love of Cléopâtre and Marc-Antoine. Marc-Antoine sees Cléopâtre for the first time following the conquering of Egypt and is instantly entranced by her beauty. Dismissing his obligations in Rome, Marc-Antoine goes with Cléopâtre, and even after returning to fulfill his promise of marriage to Octavia, he is lured back by lust and jealousy. Being told, falsely, that Cléopâtre has been killed, Marc-Antoine falls on his own sword and is then brought to Cléopâtre. As she watches him die by her side, she pulls a poisonous snake from a basket of fruit and clutches it to her breast.

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