Atys (Lully)
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Atys (Attis) is a tragédie en musique in a prelude and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a French-language libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Ovid's Fasti. It was premiered at the royal court in Saint-Germain-en-Laye January 10, 1676.
[edit] Roles
| Character | Description | Voice part | Original cast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Temps | God of Time. | baritone | ? |
| Flore | Flora, a goddess. | soprano | Marie Verdier |
| Melpomène | Melpomene, a tragic muse. | soprano | Beaucreux |
| Iris | Iris, a goddess. | soprano | ? |
| A Zephyr | Zephyr, a personification of the wind. | haute-contre | ? |
| Hercules, Antaeus, Eteocles, Polynices, Castor, and Pollux. | A troupe of dancers. | NA | Beauchamp, Dolivet, Faure, Favier, Lestang, Magny and Pécour |
| Tragedy | |||
| Atys | Attis, relative of Sangaride and favourite of Celenus. | haute-contre | Cledière |
| Sangaride | A nymph and daughter of the river god. | soprano | Marie Aubry |
| Cybèle | Cybele, a goddess | soprano | Saint-Christophle |
| Celenus | king of Phrygia | ||
[edit] Reprise et CD
Reperise in January 1987 for 300 years from Lully's death.
Coproduction: Opéra de Paris/Teatro comunale di Firenze/Opéra de Montpellier/
- Conductor William Christie
- Stage director Jean-Marie Villégier
- Designer Carlo Tommasi
- Costumes Patrice Cauchetier
- Lighting Philippe Arlaud
- Choreography Francine Lancelot
Prologue
- Le Temps — Bernard Deletré
- Flore — Monique Zanetti
- Zéphirs — Jean-Paul Fouchécourt et Gilles Ragon
- Melpomène — Arlette Steyer
- Iris — Agnès Mellon
Les Acteur de la Tragédie
- Atys — Guy de Mey
- Idas — Jacques Bona
- Sangaride — Agnès Mellon
- Doris — Françoise Semellaz
- Cybèle — Guillemette Laurens
- Mélisse — Noémie Rime
- Célénus — Jean-François Gardeil
- Le Sommeil — Gilles Ragon
- Morphée — Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
- Phobétor — Bernard Deletré
- Phantase — Michel Laplénie
- Un Songe funeste — Stephan Maciejewski
- Sangar — Bernard Deletré
- Trio — Isabelle Desrochers, Véronique Gens et Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
- Petit choeur (Continuo)
Clavecins: Yvon Repérent, Christophe Rousset
Basse de violon: Elisabeth Matiffa
Luth: Stephan Stubbs
Théorbe: Eric Bellocq
Archiluth et luth piccolo: Jonathan Rubin
Guitare: Peter Pieters
Basses de viole: Anne-Marie Lasla, Jonathan Cable - Grand choeur
Violons: John Holloway, Myriam Gevers, Florence Malgoire...
Flûtes à bec: Hugo Reyne, Sébastien Marq
Basse de flûte: Hugo Reyne
Basson: Marc Minkowski - Chef des Choeurs: Olivier Schneebelli
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[edit] Reference
Lois Roscow. "Atys (i)", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed July 24, 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
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