 (Vizioli; Bruno de Simone, Claudio di Segni, Romano Franceschetto & Stefania Donzelli) (Memories 3106) "Pin It")
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OP0533. DENYS LE TYRAN (Grétry), Live Performance, 1989, Fermo, w.Vizioli Cond. Bruno de Simone, Claudio di Segni, Romano Franceschetto & Stefania Donzelli. (E.U.) Memories 3106. w.Libretto-Brochure in French. Very long out-of-print, Final Copy! - 8010984000219
“DENYS LE TYRAN represents Gretry at his peak both as a forerunner of Romanticism in his use of historical subject matter and the decisive role of a single individual (he also evokes archaic qualities in his music) and as a crystallizing force in the creation of opéra-comique. A ‘revolutionary’ opera put on during the Terror, it fails in marrying conventions of the old opera-comique to a politically correct plot - which ensured the displeasure both of the public of the Terror and of the judges of the Restoration period.”
“DENYS LE TYRAN represents Gretry at his peak both as a forerunner of Romanticism in his use of historical subject matter and the decisive role of a single individual (he also evokes archaic qualities in his music) and as a crystallizing force in the creation of opéra-comique. A ‘revolutionary’ opera put on during the Terror, it fails in marrying conventions of the old opera-comique to a politically correct plot - which ensured the displeasure both of the public of the Terror and of the judges of the Restoration period.”