Véronique Gens: Tragédiennes 3: Les héroïnes romantiques – review

Les talens lyriques/Rousset (Virgin Classics)Soprano Véronique Gens's exploration of the world of French lyric tragedy moves up a gear and forward a century in this compelling third instalment. Her focused timbre brings piercing clarity to a raft of rarities by Gossec, Méhul, Kreutzer and a beautiful aria by the forgotten Auguste Mermet. At the core is an evolving line from Gluck's Iphigénie of 1779 to Berlioz's Dido of 1858, culminating in Elizabeth from Verdi's Don Carlos (1867), where the ...

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