Lully - Thésée

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Product Description CPO presents The Boston Early Music Festival in a follow up to their GRAMMY nominated recording of Conradi's Ariadne with a World Premiere recording of Lully's Thesee. Renowned Musical Directors Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs present this highly anticipated edition, which was first performed by the BEMF in 2001, to international acclaim. Review "BEST OF 2007" "...Thésée" (Lully), with Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs, directors; CPO. BEMF mounted a production of this resplendent Lully opera in 2001. The singing here by the principals is generally distinguished, but it is the orchestra and chorus that shine the brightest..." -- BOSTON GLOBE, Jeremy Eichler December 17, 2007(10/10) This performance, by the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra and Chorus under both Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs, is superb, filled with precisely the right frills and pomp one would hope for. -- ClassicsToday.com, Robert LevineBEMF operas set the gold standard for sophistication, elegance and artistic sensibility. -- Early Music AmericaLed by Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs, the performance crackles with ornate, embroidered brilliance and vocal crispness. Unlike most other Lully performances on disc, which often feel stiff and artificial -- caught up in getting the details right while losing the flow of the music -- the Boston group's delivery is supple, alert, thoroughly engaging. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitiution, July 15, 2007The absolute mastery of Lully shone through . . . a major achievement of the Boston Early Music Festival. -- The Boston GlobeThe last act moves dramatically from fiery discord to a cosmic sense of order imposed by a sublime and joyous chorus. -- San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, August 5th, 2007, Joshua KosmanThe performance of this opera is virtually flawless. The musicianship of the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus is unimpeachable and the singing of the principal performers is equally impressive. -- Scene Magazine (London, Ont.), July 19th-August 1st, 2007,Chris Morgan Thesee - as put on by the Boston Early Music Festival. . .(puts) opera in terms of the Parc Monceau, emotions manicured like a row of hedges. -- New York Times