FULL PSYCHE (Thomas) Budapest 2025 Hélène Guilmette, Antoinette Dennefeld, Tassis Christoyannis

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Psyché – First version (1857)   
• Composer: Thomas Ambroise   
• Libretto: Thomas Corneille adapted from Molière's original play  
• Venue & Opera Company: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, müpa, Budapest, Hungary  
• Recorded: February 12, 2025
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Hélène Guilmette, Antoinette Dennefeld, Tassis Christoyannis, Mercedes Arcuri, Anna Dowsley, Artavazd Sargsyan, Philippe Estèphe, Christian Helmer
• Conductor: György Vashegyi  
• Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra  
• Chorus: Hungarian National Choir  
• Chorus Master: Csaba Somos  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: müpa Home  
• Date Published: 2025  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, othersubs  
• Video Recording from: vk     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Opéra-comique in three acts by Ambroise Thomas, libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 26 January 1857; revised as a four-act opera in 1878.

Composed for the Opéra-Comique, Psyché tells of the thwarted love between Eros and Psyche, manipulated by a cynical Mercury. The style of the work shows a strong Italian influence, reflected in the streams of vocalises from the heroine and Eros (the latter a transvestite role). The subject, set in the legendary times of ancient Greece, testifies to the renewed interest during the Second French Empire in mythological themes, of which Berlioz’s Les Troyens and Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène are the most striking examples.