Carmina Burana - Ludovic Tézier

The frenetic pulse of the opening chorus glorifying luck, "empress of the world," made Carmina Burana 's fortune . The twenty or so medieval poems that follow sing pell-mell of love, wine, and the ephemeral life, alternating between incantatory episodes and contemplative phases in a lapidary, snappy language. The house's strengths—orchestra, choir, choir—rejoice on stage, flanked by three deluxe soloists. The suite from Roussel's Bacchus and Aria...