Lully and Molière: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

Singers:
Francois-Nicolas Geslot (ten)
Arnaud Marzorati (bar)
Claire Lefilliâtre (sop)
Conductor: Vincent Dumestre
Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique
Director: Benjamin Lazar

“Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme”, comédie-ballet in five acts, text by Molière, music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, first performed at the château of Chambord on October 14, 1670, before the court of Louis XIV. Molière played Monsieur Jourdain, and Lully was the mufti.

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