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André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L'épreuve villageoise
Talise Trevigne, Thomas Dolié, Sophie Junker
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L'épreuve villageoise
Genres: Opera & Classical Vocal, Classical
 
L'épreuve villageoise - which, in its original form, was first performed before Marie Antoinette at Versailles - was one of André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry's most popular works. For a century after its 1784 prem...  more »

     
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All Artists: Talise Trevigne, Thomas Dolié, Sophie Junker, Francisco Fernandez-Rueda
Title: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L'épreuve villageoise
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Label: Naxos of America, Inc.
Release Date: 11/11/2016
Genres: Opera & Classical Vocal, Classical
Style: Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 730099037778

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L'épreuve villageoise - which, in its original form, was first performed before Marie Antoinette at Versailles - was one of André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry's most popular works. For a century after its 1784 premiere it enjoyed huge acclaim across Europe and even travelled to the New World, where it captivated audiences in New York. Grétry was a master of eighteenth-century opéra comique and his crisp and lively farce centres on a clever farmer's daughter and her two competing suitors. Employing divergent stylistic registers - finesse and naiveté, music reminiscent of popular song, and extended ensembles - Grétry fashioned a score of sophisticated wit and huge charm.