Lully: Bellérophon – review

Scheen/Perruche/Auvity/ Teitgen/Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset(Aparté, 2CDs)First performed in 1679, Bellérophon was among the most popular of Lully's operas in his lifetime. As with many of his works, it transcends the politics that were its immediate impulse. The myth of Bellerophon, who rode the winged horse Pegasus in order to defeat the Chimera, was intended as a metaphor for Louis XIV's military victories in the Netherlands. The opera is also, however, a disquisition on the permanent value...

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