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...The performance is skilfully played by Les Talens Lyriques and sung with grace by a light-voiced cast, led by Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Benedicte Tauran and Edwin Crossley-Mercer. ★★★★☆ ‘Lully: Isis’ is released...
...Edwin Crossley-Mercer’s Pollux is much nearer the mark but prone to grab at opportunities to boom, even mid-phrase. Jean Teitgen’s robust Jupiter appears to think he is auditioning for Boris Godunov....
...Only Edwin Crossley-Mercer’s Leporello disappoints. His Italian words are murky, not helpful when the comic patter needs to sparkle, and the world-weary spiv characterisation does not convince....
...Cyril Auvity’s supple Mercure, Edwin Crossley-Mercer’s sonorous Jupiter, Marc Mauillon’s pure-toned Momus/Cithéron and most of their stage peers sing the smaller roles with taste and flair....
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...Edwin Crossley-Mercer’s Guglielmo shows promise but the best of the bunch is Pavol Breslik’s Ferrando, even exhausted after being parachuted in that day to replace the scheduled tenor....
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