Herculanum [CD + Book]
39,00 USD
Description
Flicien David was already famous through his 'ode-symphonie' Le Dsert (1844) when his opera Herculanum was first staged at the Paris Opra in 1859. This ambitious work, later to gain him entrance to the Opra-Comique and the Institut de France, also played a part in earning him the Lgion d'Honneur. Leaving behind the Middle Eastern inflections of his earlier scores, Herculanum is a remarkably strong composition (vast, intensely dramatic scenes), impressive in the diversity of it's style (incl