Taffot; Daniel; Williamson; Co - David Bontemps La Flambeau [CD]

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ATMA Classique is delighted to release the world premiere recording of David Bontemps' 2020 chamber opera La Flambeau, based on the eponymous drama by Haitian playwright Faubert Bolivar.

La Flambeau was premiered on February 7, 2023 at Montreal's Salle Pierre-Mercure with Suzanne Taffot, Catherine Daniel, Paul Williamson and Brandon Coleman and the Orchestre classique de Montreal, conducted by Alain Trudel. Set in Haiti, the libretto for La Flambeau was adapted by Bontemps himself.

La Flambeau tells the story of a dysfunctional couple, Monsieur (a narcissistic, ambitious intellectual obsessed with the ideals of the Republic) and Mademoiselle (who talks to her dead parents), who hire a working-class housewife. Through imposed dogma and deceptive behaviour, Monsieur abuses Mademoiselle. After a trial and a surreal confession, Monsieur is condemned through a kind of popular justice to become a zombie at the service of all.

The music, woven from accessible melodies and imbued with Afro-Haitian elements, uses thematic cycles that intensify with the plot. 'From a musical point of view, Bontemps' work adopts the ascetic style of chamber opera: the four characters express themselves in an unadorned melodic language, chanted to the rhythm of the spoken word and a string orchestra supported by the light percussion of a pair of maracas,' says musicologist Claude Dauphin about La Flambeau.

Born in Port-au-Prince, David Bontemps is now based in Montreal.

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'The work has a compelling, stripped-down kind of dramatic effectiveness [x85]. The music is tonal, with a natural fusion of dialogue and expressive melodic elements. Bontemps includes Caribbean elements, most notably a pair of maracas, but does not overplay the Haitian element, which is all the more powerful as a result. [x85] This recording from the ATMA Classique label is especially recommended to chamber opera presenters' x96 AllMusic

David Bontemps: La Flambeau - Ouverture

Tableau 5 : Anonse (L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Res Publica (Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : Nous sommes ici, Monsieur, pour te juger (Monsieur, L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Tu sais qui j'ai vu ? (Madame, Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : La terre des peres de nos peres (L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Ce qui m'attriste (Madame, Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : Nous chatierons et purgerons (L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Je parle a Maman (Madame, Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : L'as-tu fait ? (Monsieur, L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : La Republique (Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : C'est ainsi que c'est arrive (Monsieur)

Tableau 1 : Ma femme parle aux morts (Madame, Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : C'est trop tard (Monsieur, L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Verse du rhum (Madame, Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : Pardon Papa Ogou (Monsieur, L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Je ferai trembler ces gens (Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : Il est minuit (L'Homme)

Tableau 2 : Je ne la vois pas (Monsieur)

Tableau 6 : La-bas (Madame)

Tableau 2 : Pardon Monsieur (Mademoiselle, Monsieur)

Tableau 6 : J'ai jure (Madame)

Tableau 2 : Ca c'est la Republique (Monsieur)

Tableau 6 : Maman (Madame)

Tableau 2 : C'est La Flambeau (Mademoiselle, Monsieur)

Tableau 7 : Cette fete au quartier (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 2 : Mademoiselle brille ! (Monsieur)

Tableau 7 : Madame a fui la maison (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 3 : J'aime ce travail (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 7 : Monsieur Zombi danse ! (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 3 : Parrain Ogou (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 7 : Finale

Tableau 3 : Ce pot d'argile (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 3 : Maman t'aime aussi (Mademoiselle, Madame)

Tableau 3 : Quelle tristesse que cette femme (Mademoiselle, Madame)

Tableau 3 : Une voix dans la nuit (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 3 : Car la misere est une guerre (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 4 : Main. Coeur. (Monsieur)

Tableau 4 : Bague Ogou a ! (Mademoiselle, Monsieur)

Tableau 4 : Je t'aiderai a la retrouver (Mademoiselle, Monsieur)

Tableau 4 : Trop bon ! (Mademoiselle, Monsieur)

Tableau 4 : Tombee (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 4 : Ne pleure pas, Maman (Mademoiselle, Madame)

David Bontemps: La Flambeau - Ouverture

Tableau 5 : Anonse (L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Res Publica (Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : Nous sommes ici, Monsieur, pour te juger (Monsieur, L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Tu sais qui j'ai vu ? (Madame, Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : La terre des peres de nos peres (L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Ce qui m'attriste (Madame, Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : Nous chatierons et purgerons (L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Je parle a Maman (Madame, Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : L'as-tu fait ? (Monsieur, L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : La Republique (Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : C'est ainsi que c'est arrive (Monsieur)

Tableau 1 : Ma femme parle aux morts (Madame, Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : C'est trop tard (Monsieur, L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Verse du rhum (Madame, Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : Pardon Papa Ogou (Monsieur, L'Homme)

Tableau 1 : Je ferai trembler ces gens (Monsieur)

Tableau 5 : Il est minuit (L'Homme)

Tableau 2 : Je ne la vois pas (Monsieur)

Tableau 6 : La-bas (Madame)

Tableau 2 : Pardon Monsieur (Mademoiselle, Monsieur)

Tableau 6 : J'ai jure (Madame)

Tableau 2 : Ca c'est la Republique (Monsieur)

Tableau 6 : Maman (Madame)

Tableau 2 : C'est La Flambeau (Mademoiselle, Monsieur)

Tableau 7 : Cette fete au quartier (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 2 : Mademoiselle brille ! (Monsieur)

Tableau 7 : Madame a fui la maison (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 3 : J'aime ce travail (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 7 : Monsieur Zombi danse ! (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 3 : Parrain Ogou (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 7 : Finale

Tableau 3 : Ce pot d'argile (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 3 : Maman t'aime aussi (Mademoiselle, Madame)

Tableau 3 : Quelle tristesse que cette femme (Mademoiselle, Madame)

Tableau 3 : Une voix dans la nuit (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 3 : Car la misere est une guerre (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 4 : Main. Coeur. (Monsieur)

Tableau 4 : Bague Ogou a ! (Mademoiselle, Monsieur)

Tableau 4 : Je t'aiderai a la retrouver (Mademoiselle, Monsieur)

Tableau 4 : Trop bon ! (Mademoiselle, Monsieur)

Tableau 4 : Tombee (Mademoiselle)

Tableau 4 : Ne pleure pas, Maman (Mademoiselle, Madame)

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