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Debussy : El Martirio de San Sebastian (Le martyre de Saint Sébastien)Cardiff, BBC Wales, 2011 (Audio)Director: Thierry Fischer
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Comentarios Written in 1911, the work — a five-act musical mystery play on the subject of Saint Sebastian - was produced in collaboration with Gabriele d'Annunzio (at that time living in France to escape his creditors) and designed as a vehicle for Ida Rubinstein. Debussy's contribution was a large-scale score of incidental music for orchestra and chorus, with solo vocal parts (for a soprano and two altos). Debussy accepted the commission in February 1911. Some of the material was orchestrated by André Caplet. During auditions for the female semi-chorus Inghelbrecht suggested, on hearing Ninon Vallin, that she take over the role of the celestial voice. As Rose Féart (who had been engaged) was absent from the general rehearsal Vallin sang the role and Debussy insisted on her singing it in the production. The premiere had sets and costumes designed by Léon Bakst, stage direction by Armand Bour and choreography by Fokine. The orchestra was conducted by André Caplet and Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht directed the chorus, with, alongside Rubinstein as Saint Sébastien, Adeline Dudlay who sang La Mère douloureuse, Vera Sargine who sang La Fille malade des fièvres, Vallin as the off-stage voice, and Desjardins as the emperor and Henry Krauss as the préfet. Though the first Gabriel Astruc production was attended by scandal (the Archbishop of Paris requested Catholics not attend because the dancer playing St. Sebastian was a woman and a Jew), the work was not successful and did not enter the repertoire; thanks to Debussy's score, however, it has been recorded in abridged and adapted versions several times—notably by Pierre Monteux (in French), Leonard Bernstein (sung in French, acted in English), and Michael Tilson Thomas (in French). Though Debussy's complete score still exists and can be performed in its original form (including linking narration taken from the original play, if the story is not staged), the work is very seldom heard in this way. More often performed is a four-movement orchestral suite made up of music extracted from the score and subtitled 'Fragments Symphoniques' (Symphonic Fragments). In addition, there are also two short brass fanfares which are sometimes presented with the symphonic fragments. Mystère en cinq actes Following the Acts of the original play, each section is called a 'mansion'. The narrator sets the scene at the beginning of each section. 'La Cour de Lys' (The Court of Lilies) 'La Chambre Magique' (The Magic Chamber) 'Le Concile des Faux Dieux' (The Council of the False Gods) 'Le Laurier Blessé' (The Wounded Laurel) 'Le Paradis' (Paradise) Fragments symphoniques 'La Cour de Lys' (The Court of Lilies) 'Danse extatique et Final du 1er Acte' (Ecstatic Dance and Finale of the 1st Act) 'La Passion' (The Passion) 'Le Bon Pasteur' (The Good Shepherd) Recordings The work has been recorded several times, in abridged format or with the symphonic music only. In 1953 the first full recording appeared, by the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, with soloists Frances Yeend and Miriam Stewart, sopranos, and Anna Kaskas, contralto, conducted by Victor Alessandro. In 1993 it was recorded digitally with soloists Ann Murray, Sylvia McNair, Nathalie Stutzmann, narrator Leslie Caron and the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. This version posted in TodOpera in 2011 with Thierry Fischer conducting the BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales recorded the complete score |
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