'Hulda' by César Franck
‘French opera’ series | volume 36 | 2023 | Bru Zane Label
Bilingual CD-book in French and English
3 CDs / book: 164 pages
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Opera in four acts and an epilogue after Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s Halte-Hulda.
First performance of a revised abridged version in Monte Carlo on 4 March 1894.
Complete uncut version.
Gergely Madaras, conductor
ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE ROYAL DE LIÈGE
CHŒUR DE CHAMBRE DE NAMUR
with Jennifer Holloway, Véronique Gens, Judith van Wanroij, Marie Gautrot , Ludivine Gombert, Edgaras Montvidas, Matthieu Lécroart, Christian Helmer, Artavazd Sargsyan, François Rougier, Sébastien Droy, Guilhem Worms and
Matthieu Toulouse
The injustices of history are made to be redressed. Here a cast of international singers, under the dynamic direction of Gergely Madaras, devotes itself with conviction to the task of reviving one of the forgotten glories of French Romantic opera. Hulda, completed in 1885, was never staged in César Franck’s lifetime. This gory medieval legend recounts the multiple acts of vengeance its heroine inflicts on the Aslak clan, which slaughtered her family, and on her unfaithful lover Eiolf. The ferocious performance of American soprano Jennifer Holloway in the title role is matched by the sinister presentiments of her French colleague Véronique Gens and the tender outbursts of Dutch soprano Judith van Wanroij. Although the imaginary Norwegian setting brings Wagner to mind, Franck continues the tradition of French grand-opéra while adopting the contemporary Verdian idiom. The intensity of the action is reflected in harmonic and instrumental experiments that place Franck in the forefront of the modernists of his time. The inventiveness of the ballet is matched only by the splendour of the choral writing. How could such a masterpiece have languished in oblivion for so long? Quite simply, because it was deliberately buried by Franck's pupils, who preferred to keep for themselves the glory of personifying the French operatic revival.
Recording from 17 to 20 May 2022 at the Liège Philharmonic Hall and at the Namur Concert Hall.
Scores: Palazzetto Bru Zane
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