Conductor(s): Brown, Ryan
Label: Naxos
Series: Opera Classics
Genre: Opera
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: 8.660263-64
Barcode: 730099026376
Release Date: 09/2010

MONSIGNY, P.-A.: Deserteur (Le) (Sharp, Labelle, Monoyios, Newman, Opera Lafayette, R. Brown)

Monsigny and Sedaine’s brilliant opéra-comique Le Déserteur, was an immediate and lasting success for its melodic charms and musical variety, its blend of comedy with moments of great sentiment and pathos, and its intellectual radicalism prefiguring the humanitarian ideas of the 19th century Romantics. This recording features the musical items only from this forerunner of the ‘rescue’ opera, in which the heroine Louise extricates her fiancé Alexis from prison and a death sentence. A written explanation of the action between the airs is provided in the booklet.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Monsigny, Pierre-Alexandre
Sedaine, Michel-Jean - Lyricist
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
Labelle, Dominique (soprano)
Monoyios, Ann (soprano)
Sharp, William (baritone)
Newman, David (baritone)
Galvin, Eugene (bass-baritone)
Boutté, Tony (tenor)
Perry, Darren (baritone)
Kuttler, Claire (soprano)
Adelsberger, Andrew (bass)
Black, Eric C. (baritone)
Hall, Adam (tenor)
1 Overture 07:05
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
2 Act I Scene 1: Ariette: Peut-on affliger ce qu'on aime? (Louise) 02:50
Labelle, Dominique (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
3 Act I Scene 3: J'avais egare mon fuseau (Jeannette) 03:05
Monoyios, Ann (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
4 Act I Scene 4: Ah! je respire (Alexis) 05:58
Sharp, William (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
5 Act I Scene 6: Marche des Gens de la Noce 00:50
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
6 Act I Scene 6: Duo: Serait-il vrai, puis-je l'entendre? (Alexis, Jeannette) 03:36
Sharp, William (baritone)
Monoyios, Ann (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
7 Act I Scene 7: Recitativo Obligato: Infidele, que t'ai-je fait? (Alexis) 03:09
Sharp, William (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
8 Act I Scene 7: Fuyons ce lieu que je deteste (Alexis, 3 Guards, Courchemin) 04:22
Sharp, William (baritone)
Newman, David (baritone)
Galvin, Eugene (bass-baritone)
Boutté, Tony (tenor)
Perry, Darren (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
9 Act II: Entr'acte 01:42
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
10 Act II Scene 2: Mourir n'est rien (Alexis) 04:46
Sharp, William (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
11 Act II Scene 3: Je ne deserterai jamais (Montauciel) 04:17
Newman, David (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
12 Act II Scene 6: Duo: O ciel, puis-je ici te voir (Alexis, Louise) 03:14
Labelle, Dominique (soprano)
Sharp, William (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
13 Act II Scene 8: Dans quel trouble te plonge (Louise) 05:47
Labelle, Dominique (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
14 Act II Scene 11: Trio Fuga: O ciel! Quoi tu vas mourir (Louise, Jean-Louis, Alexis) 06:37
Labelle, Dominique (soprano)
Sharp, William (baritone)
Galvin, Eugene (bass-baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
15 Act II Scene 17: Air: Tous les hommes (Bertrand) - Air: Vive le vin (Montauciel) - Duo (Bertrand, Montauciel) 02:32
Newman, David (baritone)
Boutté, Tony (tenor)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
Disc 2
1 Act III: Entr'acte 01:51
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
2 Act III Scene 4: V, o, u, s, e, t, et te (Montauciel) 04:37
Newman, David (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
3 Act III Scene 4: Il m'eut été si doux (Alexis) 08:57
Sharp, William (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
4 Act III Scene 6: Le Roi passait (Courchemin, Montauciel, The Jailer) 05:03
Newman, David (baritone)
Perry, Darren (baritone)
Adelsberger, Andrew (bass)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
5 Act III Scene 7: On s'empresse, on me regarde (Alexis) 05:27
Sharp, William (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
6 Act III Scene 10: Adieu, chere Louise (Alexis) 03:18
Sharp, William (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
7 Act III Scene 11: Recitativo: Ou suis-je? (Louise, Chorus, Aunt Marguerite, Jean-Louis) 03:40
Labelle, Dominique (soprano)
Galvin, Eugene (bass-baritone)
Kuttler, Claire (soprano)
Adelsberger, Andrew (bass)
Black, Eric C. (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
Hall, Adam (tenor)
8 Act III Scene 12: Courez, elle etait expirante (Alexis, All) 04:08
Labelle, Dominique (soprano)
Sharp, William (baritone)
Monoyios, Ann (soprano)
Newman, David (baritone)
Galvin, Eugene (bass-baritone)
Boutté, Tony (tenor)
Perry, Darren (baritone)
Kuttler, Claire (soprano)
Adelsberger, Andrew (bass)
Black, Eric C. (baritone)
Hall, Adam (tenor)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:36:51