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Cublai Gran Kan de’ tartari Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
DRAMMA EROICOMICO IN DUE ATTI • 1788
LIBRETTO BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA CASTI
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Salieri’s Cublai, gran kan de’ Tartari (1788) displays all its heroic-comic loquaciousness, for Giambattista Casti’s libretto barely conceals its piquant parody of the European monarchical courts behind its plot set in Cathay. The figure of the Great Khan, in particular, is a droll evocation of Peter the Great. Censored even before its premiere, the work waited until 2024 to be resurrected with the help of the Talens Lyriques and their conductor Christophe Rousset, ardent defenders of Salieri’s music.
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The ensemble Les Talens Lyriques
which takes its name from the subtitle of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera Les Fêtes d’Hébé (1739) was formed in 1991 by the harpsichordist and conductor Christophe Rousset.

Championing a broad vocal and instrumental repertoire, ranging from early Baroque to the beginnings of Romanticism, the musicians of Les Talens Lyriques aim to throw light on the great masterpieces of musical history, while providing perspective by presenting rarer or little known works that are important as missing links in the European musical heritage. This musicological and editorial work, which contributes to its renown, is a priority for the ensemble.

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