Francois-Andre Danican Philidor: Les Femmes Vengees
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.8660353

By Beaudin, Brown, Debono, Dobson, Figueroa, Opera Lafayette Orchestra, Staskiewicz, and Thompson. By Francois-Andre Danican Philidor. Naxos Opera. Classical. 1 listening CD. Published by Naxos (NX.8660353).

UPC: 730099035378.

The first performances of Les Femmes Vengees (The Avenged Women) in 1775 restored the fortunes of Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, which had been wavering since the great success of Tom Jones a decade earlier. His opera-comique, which foreshadows the plot of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte (Mozart had been in Paris during the first performances of Philidor's work), offers delicious opportunities for mock-indignation and repartee in its arias and ensembles. This recording presents the complete music. Opera Lafayette and Ryan Brown's recording of Philidor's Sancho Panca [8.660274] was hailed as a 'witty, authentic interpretation' by the American Record Guide.