It is Friday which means we are honored to share a Musical Moment with you all. Today, we focus on two generations of French baroque music and performers of that music. French tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt made his debut with Opera Lafayette in 1997 and recorded this album of Rameau Operatic Arias for Haute-Contre with us a few years later.
Rameau’s Dardanus Act IV, Lieux funestes
From the 1744 version of Rameau’s Dardanus opera
After being taken captive by the Phrygians during a battle, a despairing Dardanus sings the aria Lieux funestes.
Jean Rondeau and Thomas Dunford
Debut lute and harpsichord album
Jean and Thomas made their debut with Opera Lafayette in 2017 for our Monteverdi program. Thomas Dunford was the music director for our November 2019 production of John Blow’s Venus and Adonis.