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...To protect the grain from rain, a wooden roof was added in 1783, which was later replaced after a fire by François-Joseph Bélanger’s iron version, a wonder of its age....
...Soprano Peggy Bélanger sings a selection of 17 of the solo items, balancing 17th-century grace with Italianate passion, and Consort Baroque Laurentia provide subtly varied accompaniments — a further step...
...Christianne Bélanger’s sex-starved Zobéide almost steals the show while François Rougier’s whining Cassim and Philippe Talbot’s exuberant Zizi are simply tailor-made for this repertoire....
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