Charles Gounod: Le Tribut de Zamora

Charles Gounod: Le Tribut de Zamora

After Polyeucte (1878), Gounod tackled the operatic genre for the last time in 1881 with what is probably his most ambitious work, Le Tribut de Zamora. The action takes place in ninth-century Spain from Act Two onwards, on a picturesque site on the banks of the Guadalquivir before CÃ³rdoba . Here Gounod finally noted more for his neoclassical pastiches (Le MÃ©decin malgrÃ© lui and Cinq-Mars) and his ardent Romanticism (Faust and RomÃ©o et Juliette) was given an opportunity to display his talents as an orchestrator and colorist in an exotic setting. He produced an epic in the tradition of French grand opÃ©ra, with numerous ensembles and showpiece airs. Despite an unequivocal success on its first run, despite the stirring national anthem Debout! Enfants de l IbÃ©rie , Le Tribut de Zamora sank into oblivion within a few short years. We can now appreciate in this opera precisely what certain detractors complained of at the time: the fact that we meet here once again the irresistible lyricism of Faust and RomÃ©o et Juliette.
Country USA
Binding Audio CD
EAN 9788409034949
ISBN 8409034948
Label BRU ZANE
Manufacturer BRU ZANE
NumberOfDiscs 2
NumberOfItems 2
Publisher BRU ZANE
ReleaseDate 2018-09-14
Studio BRU ZANE

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