Hommage à Pauline Viardot (Tribute to Pauline Viardot)
Marina Viotti soprano
Les Talens Lyriques Conductor, Christophe Rousset
Program
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) / Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Extraits d’Orphée et Eurydice (1859)
Ouverture Récitatif et air “Qu’entends-je ?… Amour viens rendre à mon âme“ (Orphée)
Ballet des Ombres heureuse s Gioacchino
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) Extraits de Semiramide (1823)
Ouverture Cavatine “Bel raggio lusinghier“ (Semiramide)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Extraits de La Favorite (1840)
Ouverture Récitatif, air et récit “L’ai-je bien entendu ?… Ô mon Fernand… Venez cruels“ (Léonor)
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Extraits des Troyens (1863)
Entrées des Constructeurs, des Matelots et des Laboureurs Monologue et air “Ah ah, je vais mourir… Adieu fière cité“ (Didon)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Extraits de Marie-Magdeleine (1871)
“Ô mes sœurs“ (Méryem, la Magdaléenne)
Charles-François Gounod (1818-1893) Extraits de Sapho (1851)
Récitatif et air “Où suis-je ?… Ô ma lyre immortelle“ (Sapho)
“This tribute to Pauline Viardot, one of the leading figures of French Romanti – cism, is a logical follow-up to our successful CD released in 2022 by Aparté, with Marina Viotti – recently crowned Lyric Artist of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Clas – sique – performing pieces that marked the nineteenth-century artist’s career. Giving this concert at the Berlioz Festival in La Côte-Saint-André makes all the more sense, since Hector Berlioz was very close to Pauline Viardot; the part of Didon in his opera Les Troyens, for instance, was composed with her in mind. I am delighted to be able to present this programme once again with Marina, whose youthful, ductile voice, beautifully controlled in every reg – ister, together with her amazing ease and naturalness, had us all elated and fired with enthusiasm.”
– Christophe Rousset
