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Castor et Pollux

BBC Radio 3
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Rameau's opera in a prologue and five acts to a libretto by Pierre-Joseph Bernard , performed in the first version of 1737. Sung in French.
Castor............HOWARD CROOK (tenor) Les Arts Florissants, conductor William Christie Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Pierre-Joseph Bernard
Conductor:
William Christie
Minerva:
Claire Brua(sop)
Amor/High Priest of Jupiter:
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Mars/Jupiter:
Rene Schirrer(bass)
Venus/A shade/A Planet:
Sandrine Piau(sop)
Phoebe:
Veronique Gens(sop)
Telaira:
Agnes Mellon(sop)
Pollux:
Jerome Correas(bar)
Two Athletes:
Adrian Brand(tenor)
Two Athletes:
Jean-Claude Saragosse(bass)
An attendant of Hebe/A Pleasure:
Sophie Daneman (sop)
Source: Radio Times

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