DESCRIPTION:
Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard (9 June 1865 – 3 September 1914) was a French composer, sometimes referred to as the "French Bruckner", though there are significant differences between the two composers. Magnard became a national hero in 1914 when he refused to surrender his property to German invaders and died defending it. He saw his home "as a microcosm of his homeland"

Bérénice, Op. 19 (1905-09)
Librettist : Composer (after Jean Racine (1639-1699))
Dedicated to Guy Ropartz
First Performance: 1911-12-15, Paris

Acte I
Ouverture
Scene 1 (11:28) Bérénice, Lia "Comme il tarde a venir ce soir...."
Scene II (23:58) Bérénice "Comme il franchit, l'espace..."
Scene III (26:09) Bérénice, Titus "Cruel, qui tout un jour..."
Scene IV (48:43) Les mêmes, Mucien "Mucien, toi-même..."
Scene V (50:29) Bérénice "Impératrice, Lia....."

Acte II (53:18)
Scene I (54:01) Titus "Ces jours de solitude..."
Scene II (1:00:21) Titus, Mucien "Sois le bienvenu, Mucien!"
Scene III (1:08:03 Bérénice, Titus "Titus, mon bien aimé..."
Scene IV (1:16:37) Les mêmes, voix dehors, un officier "Bérénice, Bérénice, que Rome..."
Scene V (1:21:06) Bérénice, Titus "Je borai ma honte...."
Scene VI (1:32:37) Titus "Ame charmante....."
Scene VII (1:34:19) Titus, Mucien "César as tu repris...."
Scene VIII (1:39:45) Mucien "Le poison d'Orient..."

Acte III
Prelude (1:41:59)
Scene I (1:46:06) Bérénice, Lia, le chef de la flotte "Reine ton humble..."
Scene II (1:48:06) Bérénice, Lia "Il est avec l'armée.."
Scene III (1:56:03) Bérénice, Titus "Bérénice, César..."
Scene IV (2:13:56) Bérénice, Lia "Ecarte ses tentures..."
Scene V (2:14:43) Bérénice, voix du dehors "Aux rames!"
Scene VI (2:18:59) Bérénice "Vénus, pardonne moi..."

Bérénice - Virginia Todisco
Lia - Viorica Cortez
Titus - Marc Barrard
Mucien - Christian Tréguier
Le chef de la flotte - Gérard Grégori
Un officier - Wilfried Tissot
Un esclave - Frédéric Leroy
Un homme du peuple - Jacques Labauve
Direction musicale: Gaetano Delogu - Marseille, 23.02.2001