Berlioz: Les Troyens

The story

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

J Joyce DiDonatoDido M Michael SpyresAeneas M Marie-Nicole LemieuxCassandra S Stéphane DegoutCoroebus P Philippe SlyPanthus N Nicolas CourjalNarbal C Cyrille DuboisIopas M Marianne CrebassaAscanius H Hanna HippAnna S Stanislas de BarbeyracHylas B Bertrand GrunenwaldPriam