Les Talens Lyriques & Siobhan Stagg
Musica Viva
- Classical Music
- Vocal & Choral
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As a child visiting Paris, Christophe Rousset demanded to be taken to the gorgeous Baroque palace and gardens of Versailles, now a byword for lavish ornamentation and luxurious decorative arts. It was the beginning of a brilliant career, and the inspiration for what has become his life’s work in the music of this era, first as a prodigious harpsichordist and then, since 1991, as the leader of his own extraordinary ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. To experience their performance is to understand why the French gave us so many words like ‘élan’ and ‘panache’ – words which equally describe the stunning virtuosity of Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg, their featured soloist on this tour.
Details correct at time of publication
The playing of Les Talens Lyriques is a model of clarity, vitality and theatrical wit
Gramophone
Siobhan Stagg has a wonderfully warm and expressive voice, and an easy grace and naturalness about everything she does
WWT News Chicago
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- Lully
- Ah, Rinaldo, dove sei?
- Leclair
- Deuxième Récréation de musique, op 8 (Excerpts)
- Montéclair
- La Morte di Lucretia
- Scarlatti
- L’Arianna
- Handel
- Trio Sonata in G major, op 5 no 4, HWV399 (Excerpts)
- Handel
- Notte placida e cheta, HWV142
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- Les Talens Lyriques
- Director & Harpsichord
- Christophe Rousset
- Soprano
- Siobhan Stagg
