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composer
various composers
title
Il était une fois ... - Offenbach, Chausson, Schmitt, Massenet …
full list of composers
Chausson, Ernest, De Severac, Déodat, Isouard, Nicolo, Massenet, Jules, Offenbach, Jacques, Rille, Laurent de, Rossini, Gioachino, różni kompozytorzy, Schmitt, Florent, Serpette, Gaston, Silver, Charles, Toulmouche, Frederic, Viardot, Pauline
performers
Devos, Jodie, Meng, Caroline, Quatuor Giardini
catalogue number
Alpha 244
description
Romanticism replaced the element of mythological fantasy in Baroque opera with fairytale fantasy. The fairytale is omnipresent on the French stage, whether in spoken theatre, ballet or opera. It is no coincidence that Cinderella and Bluebeard so appealed to nineteenth-century composers . . . • This project, initiated by the Palazzetto Bru Zane, is constructed like a universal fairytale inspired by Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, Hop-o-My-Thumb and others, as set to music by French composers of the Romantic era. It alternates between famous composers (Offenbach, Massenet, Chausson . . . and Rossini, here sung in French) and others who are still little-known (Viardot, Silver, Serpette, De Rillé, Isouard). Conceived by Alexandre Dratwicki and transcribed by him for piano quartet and two singers, a soprano and a mezzo, this imaginary opera is splendidly performed by Jodie Devos and Caroline Meng who, at one point in the story, having sung a queen, dons breeches to play a prince. For her part, the soprano, who ends up as the winsome princess of Massenet and Offenbach, must first endure the torments of uncertain love.
format
CD x 1
label
Alpha
release date
8/24/16
EAN / barcode
3760014192449
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