Jean-Baptiste Lully

Cadmus et Hermione

Cadmus et Hermione is a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The French-language libretto is by Philippe Quinault, after Ovid's Metamorphoses. It was first

Recordings#

2019: Le Poème Harmonique (orchestra), Ensemble Aedes (chorus), Vincent Dumestre (conductor). Soloists: Thomas Dolié (Cadmus, baritone), Adèle Charvet (Hermione, mezzo-soprano), Eva Zaïcik (Charite, mezzo-soprano), Lisandro Abadie (Arbas/Pan, baritone), Nicholas Scott (La Nourrice/Dieu Champêtre, tenor), Virgile Ancely (Draco/Mars, bass), Guilhem Worms (Le Grand Sacrificateur/Jupiter, bass-baritone), Marine Lafdal-Franc (Pallas/Aglante/L’Hymen/Palès, soprano), Enguerrand De Hys (Le Soleil/Premier Prince Tirien, tenor). Recorded 25 to 28 November 2019 at the Château de Versailles. Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles, 2 CDs.

References#

Sources * Lois Rosow, “Cadmus et Hermione,” Grove Music Online, . * Centre de Musique Baroque Versailles website, http://www.cmbv.com. ru

Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully