Antonio Salieri. Les Danaïdes
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CD-Book. Bru Zane Label. French Opera Collection n. 9.
One evening I paid a visit to the Opéra. There I saw Les Danaïdes, by Salieri. The gorgeous splendour of the spectacle, the rich fullness of the orchestra and the chorus, the wonderful voice and pathetic charm of Madame Branchu, Dérivis's rugged power [...] filled me with an excitement and enthusiasm than I cannot attempt to describe.
Thus Berlioz related his encounter with one of the most revolutionary operas of the Ancien Régime, written by an eminent pupil of Gluck, Antonio Salieri. Feeling the stirrings of early Romanticism, the latter imbued the tragic fate of Hypermnestra with a pathos and vehemence rarely attained even by his teacher. The horrible plot fomented by Danaus with his daughters, the Danaids, takes us from a splendid palace to a sinister underground temple, and finally to Hades itself, where a vulture, serpents, demons and furies avenge the mass murder of the sons of Ægyptus.
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Benoît Dratwicki – Intrigue and controversy at the Académie Royale de Musique
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publication date : 22/12/23