In purgatory, the Ghosts of Versailles are waiting impatiently for Beaumarchais' new play: what if he manages to save Marie Antoinette from the scaffold? Here is Count Almaviva, the famous Figaro, but also Rosina and Cherubino, plunged into a thousand twists and turns to make the famous Queen's Necklace disappear, thwarting the spies of the Revolution. But the situation escapes it's creator, and Beaumarchais must himself become involved in the trial of the Queen - with whom he is in love? With assumed brio, Corigliano's music navigates between Mozart and Rossini, and takes the audience into an unexpected opera, all the characters of which are familiar to us! The Ghosts of Versailles are indeed there, and will fulfil their destiny once again... This unique opera, triumphantly premiered in 1991 at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, was predestined for to the stage of the Royal Opera of Versailles, for which no doubt Beaumarchais had written this story which goes back in time... Two hundred and fifty years after her marriage in this mythical theatre, will Marie-Antoinette be able to escape her destiny there?

Tracklist:

I: Mon Coursier Hors D'haleine
I: All-Powerful Queen of Beauty and Ruler of My Willing Heart
I: They Are Always with Me, the Unbounded Waiting, the Odor of Blood on Steel, the Terrible Sound
I: My Wife Was Always Hard to Please
I: Oh No. Here We Go Again!
I: They Wish They Could Kill Me
I: Bravo, Beaumarchais! Brilliant!
I: Magic! It Is Paris, the Autumn of '93
I: And with the One Million Pounds, Grant Her Majesty a Safe Refuge in the New World
I: Fool! Idiot! Moron! You Forgot Where Almaviva Plans to Sell the Jewels?
I: I Can't Wait to Betray Almaviva
I: Oh, the Lion May Roar and the Eagle May Soar
I: I Remember, Master, I Remember!
I: Poor Florestine, I Pity Her
I: Rosina's Boudoir. They Say New York Is a Lively Town
I: Now We Go Back in Time
I: Look at the Green Here in the Glade
I: No, I've Had Enough. I See What's Happening Here
I: SelamÃ¼naleykÃ¼m
I: His Excellency, the English Ambassador
I: I Am in a Valley and You Are in a Valley
I: Ya Omri. Limatha Hajartani?
I: Tafaddaloo Marhabun Bikoom
II: Hurry, Hurry... It's Late! the Second Act Is Beginning!
II: Watch. Now Figaro Comes Back
II: Wait! Figaro Was Supposed to Return the Necklace
II: Damn That Figaro. He's Your Husband
II: As Summer Brings a Wistful Breeze
II: And Now I Must Go
II: What Is Happening?
II: Antoinette, We Want Your Head!
II: Marie Antoinette of Lorraine and Austria
II: Monarchy, Revolution, It's All the Same to Me
II: Welcome, Madeleine, Welcome
II: Remember the Chestnut Trees in the Gardens of the Tuileries?
II: I Hope I'm Not Too Late for Your Party
II: Interlude
II: I Am Very Well, My Dear Marquis
II: O God of Love, O Lord of Light
II: We Are Finished
II: Look, Her Breathing Is Diminished
II: Goodbye, Figaro. Goodbye, Beaumarchais
II: No, Beaumarchais. It Is As It Should Have Been. Once There Was a Golden Bird
II: Come, Antonia

UPC: 3770011431427
Label: Chateau Versailles
Release Date: 5.14.21
Format: CD

Corigliano / Orchestre De L'opera Royal / Colaneri - Ghosts Of Versailles (CD)