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André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry: Le Magnifique / Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Elizabeth Calleo, Marguerite Krull, Jeffrey Thompson, Karim Sulayman

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Le Magnifique, opera
Conductors: Brown, Ryan
Ensemble: Opera Lafayette

André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry was the greatest French composer of opéra-comique in the eighteenth century. His librettist for Le Magnifique, Jean-Michel Sedaine, took a tale by La...continue...
Recording information: Dekelboum Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, U (02/06/2011-02/08/2011)....continue...

Francois-Andre Danican Philidor: Sancho Pança, opera / Perry, Calleo, Sulayman, McCall and Boutte

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: François-André Danican Philidor: Sancho Pança dans son isle, opera
Performers: Calleo, Elizabeth
Conductors: Brown, Ryan
Ensemble: Lafayette Opera Orchestra

International chess virtuoso François-André Danican Philidor's fortunes as a musician at the court of Versailles were transformed when he turned his attention to the new...continue...
Recording information: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Mar (05/25/2010-05/26/2010)....continue...

Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny: Le Déserteur

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-09-28

Works: Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny: Le Déserteur, opera
Conductors: Brown, Ryan

Monsigny and Sedaine's brilliant 'opera-comique Le Deserteur', was an immediate and lasting success for its melodic charms and musical variety, its blend of comedy with...continue...
Recording information: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Mar (02/01/2009-02/03/2009)....continue...

Roi des Sylphes - Rebél, Francouer / Zelindor, Brown, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-10-27

Works: Francois Rebel / Francois Francoeur: Zélindor, roi des Sylphes, opera; Le Trophée, suite for voices & orchestra
Performers: Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Hong, Ah Young; Murphy, Heidi Grant; Sharp, William [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Brown, Ryan

First performed at Versailles in 1745, the opera ballet 'Zelindor' is a delightful rococo pastorale which found favour with Louis XV's mistress, Madame de Pompadour,...continue...

Lully: Armide LWV 71 / Brown, Houtzeel, Getchell, Loup, Sharp, Monoyios, Opera Lafayette, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Armide, LWV 71
Performers: Boute, Tony; Dubrow, Miriam; Getchell, Robert; Houtzeel, Stephanie; Loup, Francois; McCredie, Tara; McCulloch, Adria; Monoyios, Ann; Perry, Darren [Baritone]; Sharp, William [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Brown, Ryan

'Armide' represents the culmination of the long and fruitful career of Jean-Baptiste Lully, the most powerful musician at the court of Louis XIV and the...continue...

Rameau: Operatic Arias / Brown, Fouchécourt, Lafayette

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée; La guirlande; Castor et Pollux; Naïs; Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour ou Les Dieux d'Égypte, ballet héroïque; Dardanus; Zoroastre, trag&...
Conductors: Brown, Ryan

This recording of airs from Rameau's heroic ballets and lyric tragedies features the renowned haute-contre Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, one of the main exponents of the French...continue...

Sacchini: Oedipe à Colone / Brown, Loup, Opera Lafayette

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-26

Works: Antonio Sacchini: Odipe à Colone
Performers: Blaise, Kirsten; Boute, Tony; Cave, Philip; Getchell, Robert; Kaminski, Jason; Kimple, Jonathan; Loup, Francois; Morgan, Kara; Paulin, Nathalie
Conductors: Brown, Ryan

Antonia Sacchini was one of the leading composers of Italian 'opera seria' of the late 18th century. 'Oedipe a Colone,' his last work, was extraordinarily...continue...

Gluck: Orphée et Euridice / Fouchécourt, Dubosc, Le Blanc

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Performers: Dubosc, Catherine; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Brown, Ryan

Gluck's best-known work, 'Orphee et Euridice', is primarily performed in the 1762 Vienna version. However, the opera was revised (in French) and extended for Paris...continue...