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FULL Le Mariage forcé (Lully-Molière) Budapest 2022 Lucie Edel, Yannis François
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Le Mariage forcé
- Composer: Lully Jean-Baptiste
- Libretto: Moliere Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, müpa, Budapest, Hungary, Les Malins Plaisirs
- Recorded: March 13, 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Lucie Edel, Yannis François
- Conductor: Hervé Niquet
- Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra
- Ballet: Dance Company L'Eventail
- Choreographer: Marie-Geneviève Massé
- Stage Director: Vincent Tavernier
- Stage Designer: Claire Niquet
- Costume Designer: Erick Plaza-Cochet
- Lighting Designer: Carlos Perez
Information about the Recording
- Published by: müpa Home
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, othersubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Le Mariage forcé is a comedy-ballet in one act and in prose by Molière , Pierre Beauchamp and Lully 1 , performed for the first time at the Palais du Louvre , by order of His Majesty theJanuary 29, 1664, and then given to the public at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on February 15, 1664by the troop of Monsieur, the King ‘s only brother .
In 1672, following the break-up between Molière and Lully, Le Mariage forcé was performed with new interludes by Marc-Antoine Charpentier2 ; the premiere took place at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on July 8 .
Sganarelle, 53 years old and wealthy, wants to marry the young and beautiful Dorimène. His friend Geronimo advises him against such a marriage. The gallant asks their opinion on this point to two philosophers, one of whom follows Aristotle and the other Pyrrho , as well as to two gypsies who play music: their answers only increase the perplexity of the candidate for marriage. But then Dorimène enters the scene with her lover Lycaste to whom she does not hesitate to tell, without knowing that Sganarelle hears her, that she is only marrying for money and intends to be a widow within six months. Edified by such remarks, Sganarelle wants to take back his promise of marriage to his father-in-law but Alcidas, Dorimène’s brother, then challenges Sganarelle to a duel and, faced with the latter’s refusal to fight, begins to beat him with a stick. The unfortunate man, willingly or unwillingly, is forced to go through this “forced marriage”.
Quoted from Wikipedia