Destouches/ Ombres/ Blanchard - Semiramis Fulfilled By FYE Benedict Kloeckner has been championed

Benedict Kloeckner has been championed by such maestros as Daniel Barenboim and Sir Simon Rattle

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Igor Stravinsky

Destouches/ Ombres/ Blanchard - Semiramis Fulfilled By FYE Benedict Kloeckner has been championedSmiramis tortured by Zoroastre's spells, violence, incest, murder and magnificence: this is one of the most astonishing tragdies lyriques! It's composer Destouches led an extraordinary life: a missionary in Siam, then a Musketeer in the Royal Army, he finally became a musician and trained with Campra. His first operatic work, Iss, triumphed in 1697 in the presence of Louis XIV. Twenty years later, his last tragdie lyrique, Smiramis (1718), is of great