FULL Les Abencérages (Cherubini) Budapest 2022 Constans Montvidas Dolié Sargsyan

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Les Abencérages  
• Composer: Cherubini Luigi   
• Libretto: Etienne de Jouy, based on the novel Gonzalve de Cordoue by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian.  
• Venue & Opera Company: müpa, Budapest, Hungary  
• Recorded: March 9, 2022
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Anaïs Constans, Edgaras Montvidas, Thomas Dolié, Artavazd Sargsyan, Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Tomislav Lavoie, Douglas Williams, Lóránt Najbauer, Ágnes Pintér
• Conductor: György Vashegyi  
• Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra  
• Chorus: Purcell Choir  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: müpa  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, othersubs  
• Video Recording from: vk.com     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Quote from müpa:

The plot of the three-act Les Abencérages features a love story unfolding against a historical background. The setting is the Kingdom of Granada in the 15th century, and the storyline will remind most opera-goers of the central conflict in Romeo and Juliet, as this one is also about strife between two families – the Abencerrage and Zegri dynasties – at odds with each other, and naturally at the core of the conflict is the fact that the two lovers, Almanzor and Noraïme, come from the different opposing families. The work was first presented on 6 April 1813, at the Paris Opera, with Napoleon and his wife, the Empress Marie Louise, both present in the auditorium. Although Les Abencérages found immediate success, its popularity began to decline not long after Napoleon’s downfall. This performance of Müpa Budapest’s Early Music Festival will bring mostly star foreign singers to the stage, with soprano Anaïs Constans, born in the south of France, and Lithuanian tenor Edgaras Montvidas in the leading roles. György Vashegyi, the conductor of the production, has done a tremendous amount to acquaint Hungarian audiences with forgotten treasures of early music, with the French repertoire being particularly close to his heart. The Purcell Choir was established in 1990, followed by the Orfeo Orchestra a year later. Since then, the pair of ensembles have been the two most important early music workshops in Hungary.