Jean-Claude Malgoire, Deutsche Handel Solisten - Antonio Salieri: Tarare (2005)
Jean-Claude Malgoire, Deutsche Händel Solisten - Antonio Salieri: Tarare (2005)
NTSC 4:3 (720x420) | Français (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 175 min | 7.55 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Arthaus Musik | Sub: Francais, Deutsch, English, Espanol, Italiano, Japanese | Recorded: 1988
NTSC 4:3 (720x420) | Français (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 175 min | 7.55 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Arthaus Musik | Sub: Francais, Deutsch, English, Espanol, Italiano, Japanese | Recorded: 1988
The work is an extraordinary curiosity; a child of the heady days just before the French Revolution, Tarare is the famous French writer's only opera and one of the Italian composer's rare French scores. First and most strikingly a work of social and political commentary, Tarare is also an entertaining work of theatre. Salieri's music supports these aims admirably and offers a few memorable moments of its own. As an opera form, Tarare defies easy categorization; it may be best described as a comedic satire dressed in the clothes of a sprawling 5 act lyric tragedy, complete with Prologue and a grand divertissement with dance.
This performance, from the Schwetzinger Festspiele in 1988, is a co-production of the Badishe Staatstheatre Karlsruhe and the Théatre National Opéra de Paris, and makes an impressive case for the work as a lively comedy. The production is remarkably well cast, directed with great imagination by Jean-Louis Martinoty, and energetically performed by Jean-Claude Malgoire and the Deutsche Händel Solisten.
Performer:
Tarare - Howard Crook
Atar - Jean-Philippe Lafont
Spinette - Anna Caleb
Calpigi - Eberhard Lorenz
Altamort – Hannu Niemelä
Artenee – Nicolas Rivenq
Urson – Jean Francois Gardeil
Astasie – Zehava Gal
Le Genie du Feu – Klaus Kirchner
Deutsche Händel Solisten
Conductor - Jean-Claude Malgoire
Jean-Claude Malgoire, Deutsche Handel Solisten - Antonio Salieri: Tarare (2005)
Jean-Claude Malgoire, Deutsche Handel Solisten - Antonio Salieri: Tarare (2005)
Jean-Claude Malgoire, Deutsche Handel Solisten - Antonio Salieri: Tarare (2005)
Jean-Claude Malgoire, Deutsche Handel Solisten - Antonio Salieri: Tarare (2005)
