Offenbach: Operettas
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Composer or Director: Jacques Offenbach
Genre:
Opera
Label: EMI
Magazine Review Date: 10/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 137
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 749361-2
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Pomme d'api |
Jacques Offenbach, Composer
Charles Burles, Raflafla, Tenor Charles Burles, Babylas, Tenor Charles Burles, Raflafla, Tenor Charles Burles, Babylas, Tenor Emmy Greger, Mme Balandard Jacques Offenbach, Composer Jean-Marie Frémeau, La Commissaire, Tenor Jean-Philippe Lafont, Madame Beurrefondu, Tenor Jean-Philippe Lafont, Choufleuri, Tenor Jean-Philippe Lafont, Rabastene, Tenor Jean-Philippe Lafont, Madame Beurrefondu, Tenor Jean-Philippe Lafont, Rabastene, Tenor Jean-Philippe Lafont, Choufleuri, Tenor Léonardo Pezzino, Gustave, Baritone Léonardo Pezzino, Coute-au-pot, Baritone Léonardo Pezzino, Coute-au-pot, Baritone Léonardo Pezzino, Gustave, Baritone Mady Mesplé, Ernestine, Soprano Mady Mesplé, Catherine, Soprano Mady Mesplé, Catherine, Soprano Mady Mesplé, Ciboulette, Soprano Mady Mesplé, Ciboulette, Soprano Mady Mesplé, Ernestine, Soprano Marcel Quillevéré, La Marchande d'Habits Michel Hamel, Madame Poiretapée, Tenor Michel Hamel, Balandard, Tenor Michel Hamel, Balandard, Tenor Michel Hamel, Madame Poiretapée, Tenor Michel Trempont, Petermann, Tenor Michel Trempont, Madama Madou, Tenor Michel Trempont, Petermann, Tenor Michel Trempont, Madama Madou, Tenor Monique Pouradier-Duteil, La Marchande de Plaisir, Soprano Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Moriz Rosenthal, Piano Olympe Dumaine, Marchande de Legumes |
| M. Choufleuri restera chèz lui |
Jacques Offenbach, Composer
(Jean) Laforge Choral Ensemble Andrea Trauboth, Gerhilde, Soprano Anne Pellekoorne, Schwertleite, Contralto (Female alto) Birgit Calm, Grimgerde, Mezzo soprano Birgit Calm, Grimgerde, Mezzo soprano Birgit Calm, Grimgerde, Mezzo soprano Christel Borchers, Siegrune, Mezzo soprano Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Alberich, Baritone Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Alberich, Baritone Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Alberich, Baritone Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Alberich, Baritone Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Alberich, Baritone Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Alberich, Baritone Gudrun Wewezow, Rossweiße, Mezzo soprano Hanna Schwarz, Erda, Soprano Hanna Schwarz, Erda, Contralto (Female alto) Hanna Schwarz, Erda, Soprano Hans Günter Nöcker, Gunther, Baritone Helmut Pampuch, Mime, Tenor Helmut Pampuch, Mime, Tenor Helmut Pampuch, Mime, Tenor Hildegard Behrens, Brünnhilde, Soprano Hildegard Behrens, Brünnhilde, Soprano Hildegard Behrens, Brünnhilde, Soprano Jacques Offenbach, Composer Jolanta Kaufman, Woodbird, Soprano Jolanta Kaufman, Woodbird, Soprano Jolanta Kaufman, Woodbird, Soprano Kurt Moll, Fafner, Bass Kurt Moll, Fafner, Bass Kurt Moll, Hunding, Bass Kurt Moll, Hunding, Bass Kurt Moll, Hunding, Bass Kurt Moll, Fafner, Bass Lisbeth Balslev, Gutrune, Soprano Marjana Lipovsek, Fricka, Soprano Marjana Lipovsek, Fricka, Mezzo soprano Marjana Lipovsek, Fricka, Soprano Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Moriz Rosenthal, Piano Nancy Gustafson, Helmwige, Soprano Nancy Gustafson, Helmwige, Soprano Nancy Gustafson, Helmwige, Soprano René Kollo, Siegfried, Tenor René Kollo, Siegfried, Tenor René Kollo, Siegfried, Tenor Robert Hale, Wanderer, Baritone Robert Hale, Wanderer, Baritone Robert Hale, Wanderer, Baritone |
| Mesdames de la Halle |
Jacques Offenbach, Composer
(Jean) Laforge Choral Ensemble Alexandr Baturin, Count Tomsky, Baritone Fayina Petrova, Countess, Mezzo soprano Jacques Offenbach, Composer Konstantin Terekin, Narumov, Bass Ludmilla Stavrovskaya, Governess, Mezzo soprano M. Novoyenin, Chaplitsky, Tenor Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Moriz Rosenthal, Piano Nadezhda Chubienko, Masha, Soprano Nadezhda Obukhova, Pauline, Contralto (Female alto) Nikhandr Khanayev, Herman, Tenor Piotr Selivanov, Prince Yeletsky, Baritone Robert Merrill, Michele, Baritone Sergei Ostromov, Chekalinsky, Tenor Xenia Derzhinskaya, Lisa, Soprano Yuri Manchavin, Surin, Bass |
Author: Andrew Lamb
This Offenbach triple bill presents three different sides of the composer. The charming three-character domestic comedy Pomme d'api is a late work with some especially rewarding soprano solos. M. Choufleuri is a more typically zany piece of Offenbach with operatic parodies provoked by the need to impersonate the singers Sontag, Rubini and Tamburini to avoid the host of a soiree losing face before his guests. Mesdames de la Halle is a work written on a larger scale, with a full chorus and a group of female market vendors sung by men. It hardly needs saying that there are attractively piquant melodies throughout.
Mady Mesple, if a little squeaky at the top of the voice, is generally accomplished and agile in the three soprano roles. What really makes the recording, though, is the excellent team of male singers who are so much at home in this repertoire. The humour of the pieces is all there, though the importance of the dialogue means that English listeners will probably need to make good use of the libretto. The recording is well balanced and clear, and the results are altogether delicious. But am I being ungenerous in wishing that EMI had packaged these works a CD apiece rather than splittingM. Choufleuri across discs?'
Mady Mesple, if a little squeaky at the top of the voice, is generally accomplished and agile in the three soprano roles. What really makes the recording, though, is the excellent team of male singers who are so much at home in this repertoire. The humour of the pieces is all there, though the importance of the dialogue means that English listeners will probably need to make good use of the libretto. The recording is well balanced and clear, and the results are altogether delicious. But am I being ungenerous in wishing that EMI had packaged these works a CD apiece rather than splitting
Offenbach: Operettas
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