Gluck's "L'Ivrogne Corrigé" (Paris, 1950)

Опубликовано: 31 Март 2022
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René Leibowitz conducts this comic little opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck titled "L'Ivrogne Corrigé" (The Reformed Drunkard or The Devil's Marriage). Synopsis: Mathurin, a boisterous inebriate, promises his charming niece, Colette, to his partner in wine, Lucas. Colette, along with her virtuous lover, Cléon, and Mathurin’s long-suffering wife, Mathurine, turns the tables by enacting a scene of Stygian damnation, forcing Mathurin to renounce the bottle and mend his ways.

The cast:
Mathurin - Jean-Christophe Benoît
Lucas - Bernard Demigny
Colette - Claudine Collart
Mathurine - Freda Betti
Cléon, Pluton - Jean Hoffmann
First Fury - Janine Lindenfelder
Second Fury - Violette Journeaux

Here is a link to my playlist for Jean-Christophe Benoît: • Jean-Christophe Benoît (1925-2019)