So Romantique !

Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit, Bizet, Georges, Boieldieu, François-Adrien, Delibes, Leo, Donizetti, Gaetano, Dubois, Theodore, Godard, Benjamin, Gounod, Charles, Halevy, Fromental, różni kompozytorzy, Saint-Saëns, Camille, Thomas, Ambroise

Dubois, Cyrille, Dumoussaud, Pierre, Orchestre National de Lille

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‘SO Romantique!’ illustrates the ‘profoundly sentimental’ side of French opera from the 1830s to the 1900s, which gradually came to be judged overwrought and was condemned to partial oblivion. ‘I am convinced that this is because the principals of interpretation were lost’, says the tenor Cyrille Dubois. ‘I have therefore put together this programme, which gives pride of place to rarities while highlighting the theatrical character and the use of registers so emblematic of the French ténor de grâce, in the hope of restoring this precious French heritage to its former glory.’ The sleuthing skills of the Palazzetto Bru Zane have assembled these treasures by Bizet, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Auber, Halévy, Donizetti, Thomas and Delibes, the less well-known Godard, Dubois and Silver, and the virtually unknown Luce-Varlet and Clapisson. With the Orchestre National de Lille conducted by Pierre Dumoussaud, the French tenor deploys the full range of his artistry, the impressive high notes, the luminous tone and the graceful phrasing that is ‘so Cyrille’

YB:https://youtu.be/--hRbYc9zps

Works:

•Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber: La Barcarolle
•Benjamin Godard: Pedro de Zalamea
•Ambroise Thomas: Le Roman d'Elvire
•Ambroise Thomas: Mignon
•Ambroise Thomas: Raymond
•Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: La Dame Blanche
•Jacques Fromental Halevy: Les Mousquetaires de la Reine
•Louis Clapisson: Gibby la Cornemuse
•Louis Clapisson: Le Code Noir
•Gaetano Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment
•Charles Gounod: Le Medecin Malgre Lui
•Charles Luce-Varlet: L'Eleve de Presbourg
•Georges Bizet: La Jolie Fille de Perth
•Theodore Dubois: XaviereCharles Silver: MyrianeLeo Delibes: LakmeCamille Saint-Saens: Le Timbre d'Argent

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2023-03-01

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