Corigliano / Orchestre De L'Opera Royal / Colaneri Ghosts Of Versailles CD

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?

1. I: Mon Coursier Hors D'haleine 2. I: All-Powerful Queen of Beauty and Ruler of My Willing Heart 3. I: They Are Always with Me, the Unbounded Waiting, the Odor of Blood on Steel, the Terrible Sound 4. I: My Wife Was Always Hard to Please 5. I: Oh No. Here We Go Again! 6. I: They Wish They Could Kill Me 7. I: Bravo, Beaumarchais! Brilliant! 8. I: Magic! It Is Paris, the Autumn of '93 9. I: And with the One Million Pounds, Grant Her Majesty a Safe Refuge in the New World 10. I: Fool! Idiot! Moron! You Forgot Where Almaviva Plans to Sell the Jewels? 11. I: I Can't Wait to Betray Almaviva 12. I: Oh, the Lion May Roar and the Eagle May Soar 13. I: I Remember, Master, I Remember! 14. I: Poor Florestine, I Pity Her 15. I: Rosina's Boudoir. They Say New York Is a Lively Town 16. I: Now We Go Back in Time 17. I: Look at the Green Here in the Glade 18. I: No, I've Had Enough. I See What's Happening Here 19. I: Selam?naleyk?m 20. I: His Excellency, the English Ambassador 21. I: I Am in a Valley and You Are in a Valley 22. I: Ya Omri. Limatha Hajartani? 23. I: Tafaddaloo Marhabun Bikoom 24. II: Hurry, Hurry... It's Late! the Second Act Is Beginning! 25. II: Watch. Now Figaro Comes Back 26. II: Wait! Figaro Was Supposed to Return the Necklace 27. II: Damn That Figaro. He's Your Husband 28. II: As Summer Brings a Wistful Breeze 29. II: And Now I Must Go 30. II: What Is Happening? 31. II: Antoinette, We Want Your Head! 32. II: Marie Antoinette of Lorraine and Austria 33. II: Monarchy, Revolution, It's All the Same to Me 34. II: Welcome, Madeleine, Welcome 35. II: Remember the Chestnut Trees in the Gardens of the Tuileries? 36. II: I Hope I'm Not Too Late for Your Party 37. II: Interlude 38. II: I Am Very Well, My Dear Marquis 39. II: O God of Love, O Lord of Light 40. II: We Are Finished 41. II: Look, Her Breathing Is Diminished 42. II: Goodbye, Figaro. Goodbye, Beaumarchais 43. II: No, Beaumarchais. It Is As It Should Have Been. Once There Was a Golden Bird 44. II: Come, Antonia