Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) San Guglielmo Duca d’Aquitania (1731)
Li prodigi della divina grazia nella conversione e morte di San Guglielmo Duca di Aquitania Dramma sacro en trois actes sur un texte d’Ignazio Maria Mancini créé à l’été 1731 au cloître de Sant’Agnello Maggiore, à Naples
Chanteuses et chanteurs de l’Académie Erika Baikoff Alexandra Oomens Cyrielle Ndjiki Juliette Mey Théo Imart Jacob Ingbar Quentin Desgeorges Jaka Mihelač William Guanbo Su Paweł Horodyski
Les Talens Lyriques Korneel Bernolet Direction
Coproduction Les Talens Lyriques, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
“San Guglielmo Duca d’Aquitania prefigures the beauty and intensity of Pergolesi’s final work, the famous Stabat Mater. And what better justification for its performance! The oratorio includes comic elements, and a battle against the forces of evil, with the Devil and the Angel each trying to win over Guglielmo’s soul.
This rare work, with its remarkable educational virtues, seems to me to be a very appropriate project for the young singers of the Académie du Festival d’Aix-en- Provence. “
– Christophe Rousset
