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Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 6: Cérès, que de vos pleurs le triste cours finisse - Que l'on enchaîne pour jamais (Jupiter, trou
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About "Proserpine, LWV 58, Act V Scene 6: Cérès, que de vos pleurs le triste cours finisse - Que l'on enchaîne pour jamais (Jupiter, trou" by Christophe Rousset
Cérès is urged to end her tears; Jupiter’s decree binds the underworld forever. Lully’s recitative moves from grief to iron resolve, the trapdoor of fate slamming shut with baroque finality—tender, then terrifyingly absolute.