Salieri's Les Horaces: Les Talens Lyriques at Versailles
About the Event
Discover the music of the man best remembered by history as Mozart's bitterest rival. Christophe Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques in a concert performance of Les Horaces — a work that underscores Salieri's undoubted gifts, and signals the advent of the Romantic era — amid the magnificence of Versailles' Royal Opera.
Drawing on Roman history for its plot, audiences of the day disliked its political content and unhappy ending, but even they were won over by the manifold beauties of the score. This joint production by Les Talens Lyriques and Versailles' Center for Baroque Music reinstates a work that deserves a place of honor in the operatic canon.
Cast / Production
Judith van Wanroij Camille
Cyrille Dubois Curiace
Julien Dran Young Horace
Jean‐Sébastien Bou Old Horace
Andrew Foster‐Williams Grand‐Priest, Grand Sacrificer, A Roman man
Philippe‐Nicolas Martin Oracle, An Albin, Valère
Eugénie Lefebvre Camille’s servant
Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (Artistic director Olivier Schneebeli)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset Conductor
