Media – Books and Discography

Central to Opera Lafayette’s mission is creating a legacy of the forgotten repertoire the company brings back to life. Opera Lafayette released its first CD on the Naxos label, and now has 12 commercial audio recordings. In 2018, Opera Lafayette released its first DVD, and now has two video recordings on the Naxos label. In 2019 Opera Lafayette published its first illustrated book. These books complement Opera Lafayette’s discography and further bolster the legacy of baroque opera to new audiences.

Illustrated Retellings

As told by Kelley Rourke and illustrated by Amy Severson

DVDs

Radamisto (2019) George Frideric Handel, composer Nicola Francesco Haym, librettist Based on L’amor tirrannico by Domenico Lalli and after L’amour tyrannique by Georges de Scudery

La Susanna (2019) Alessandro Stradella, composer Giovanni Battista Giardini, librettist Based on Susanna and The Elders from The Book of Daniel

Les Fêtes de l’Hymen et de l’Amour, ou Les Dieux d’Égypte (2019) Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer Louis de Cahusac, librettists Cover: Louis Forget

Leonore (2020) Ludwig van Beethoven, composer Joseph Sonnleithner, librettist

COMING SOON

Léonore, ou L’Amour conjugal (2018) Pierre Gaveaux, composer Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, librettist Also available on Blu-ray Cover: Pierre-Etienne Bergeron

Leonore (TBD) Ludwig van Beethoven, composer Joseph Sonnleithner, librettist

L’épreuve villageoise (2016) André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, composer Pierre Desforges, librettist Cover: Louis Forget

Les Femmes Vengées (2015) François-André Danican Philidor, composer Michel-Jean Sedaine, librettist Cover: Louis Forget

Le Magnifique (2012) André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, composer Michel-Jean Sedaine, librettist Cover: The Composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry by Jean-Baptiste Stouf (1724-1826) Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1969 (69.77) • Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sancho Pança (2011) François-André Danican Philidor, composer Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet, librettist Cover: Louis Forget

Le Déserteur (2010) Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer Michel-Jean Sedaine, librettist Cover: The Deserter Pardoned by George Moreland (1763-1804) (The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, UK / The Bridgeman Art Library)

Zélindor, roi des Sylphes (2009) François Rebel and François Francœur, composers Text by François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif Cover: Louis Forget

Lalla Roukh (2014) Félicien David, composer Michel Carré and Hippolyte Lucas, librettists Cover: Louis Forget

Le Roi et le fermier (2013) Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer Michel-Jean Sedaine, librettist Cover: Restored 1780 set designs for Le Roi et le fermier Photo by J.M. Manaï

The Tragedy of Armide (2008) Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer Philippe Quinault, librettist Rinaldo and Armida by Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) (Louvre, Paris, France, Lauros / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library)

Rameau Operatic Arias (2007) Featuring Jean-Paul Fouchécourt Cover: Carol Rosegg

Oedipe à Colone (2006) Antonio Sacchini Cover: Oedipus and Antigone by Johann-Peter Krafft (1780-1856) (The Art Archive / Musée du Louvre Paris / Dagli Orti)

Orphée et Euridice (2005) Christoph Willibald Gluck Cover: Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, 1861 by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA / Bridgeman Art Library)