Berlioz: Les Troyens

Overview

This release from Erato consists of highlights from the live concert of April 15, 2017 in the city of Strasbourg in eastern France. A magnificent cast of singers, predominantly Francophone, assembled under the baton of John Nelson, an acknowledged master of Berlioz’s music who has conducted Les Troyens more frequently than anyone else over a period of more than 40 years; he made his name with the piece when he led performances at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1974 and enjoyed great acclaim for a production at the Frankfurt Opera shortly before the Strasbourg concerts.

Cast

Joyce DiDonato

Dido

Michael Spyres

Aeneas

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Cassandra

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Stéphane Degout

Coroebus

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Philippe Sly

Panthus

Nicolas Courjal

Narbal

Cyrille Dubois

Iopas

Marianne Crebassa

Ascanius

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Hanna Hipp

Anna

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Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Hylas

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Bertrand Grunenwald

Priam