Devieilhe,Sabine Mirages CD

Soprano Sabine Devieilhe's signature operatic role, Lakm?, forms the starting point for her enticing albumMirages. A collection of opera and song in French, it's theme is the exotic allure of faraway - and imagined - places and people. In addition to three numbers from Delibes' opera, it features music by Berlioz, Debussy and Stravinsky and some rarer names: Thomas, Messager, Koechlin and Delage. Devieilhe is joined by mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa, pianist Alexandre Tharaud and the period-instrument orchestra Les Si?cles under it's founder, Fran?ois-Xavier Roth.

1. Madame Chrysanth?me, Act 3: "Le Jour Sous Le Soleil B?ni" (Madame Chrysanth?me) 2. Pell?as Et M?lisande, L. 88, Act 3: "Mes Longs Cheveux Descendent" (M?lisande) 3. Lakm?, Act 2: "O? Va la Jeune Hindoue" (Lakm?) 4. 4 Po?mes Hindous: I. Madras 5. 4 Po?mes Hindous: II. Lahore 6. 4 Po?mes Hindous: III. B?nar?s 7. 4 Po?mes Hindous: IV. Jeypur 8. La Romance D'ariel, L. 54 9. Lakm?, Act 1: "Viens, Mallika" (Lakm?, Mallika) 10. Le Rossignol, Act 2: "Ah, Joie, Emplis Mon Coeur" (Le Rossignol) 11. Hamlet, Act 4: "? Vos Jeux, Mes Amis" (Oph?lie) 12. La Mort D'oph?lie, H. 92 13. Tha?s, Act 2: "Celle Qui Vient Est Plus Belle" (La Charmeuse, Crobyle, Myrtale) 14. Sh?h?razade, Op. 84, Book 2: II. Le Voyage 15. Lakm?, Act 3: "Tu M'as Donn? Le Plus Doux R?ve" (Lakm?)