Vive Offenbach! Famous Operetta Arias & Overtures
Jane Rhodes (mezzo-soprano)
Ensemble Vocal d’Aquitaine Eliane Lavail, Orchestre de Bordeaux Aquitain, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Roberto Benzi, Michel Plasson, Louis Fremaux
These are particularly splendid examples of the idiomatic performance of Offenbach. Each is sung very much in character, with the manner of performance directed by the context of the item and... — More…
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Offenbach: La Périchole - Acte I : Introduction (Orchestre seul)
- Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Michel Plasson, Michel Plasson (lead vocals), Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (second vocals), Wolff (lead vocals)
- Recorded: 1981-01-01
Offenbach: La Périchole, Act 1 : "Ah ! quel diner" (La Périchole)
- Jane Rhodes (mezzo-soprano)
- Ensemble Vocal d'Acquitaine, Orchestre de Bordeaux Aquitaine
- Roberto Benzi
- Recorded: 1979-01-01
H Meilhac, Jacques Offenbach, Ludovic Halévy: La Périchole - Lettre de la Périchole : O mon cher amant
- Ens Vocal D'Aquitaine - Orch De Bordeaux Aquitaine - Jane Rhodes, Ensemble Vocal d'Acquitaine (second vocals), Jane Rhodes (lead vocals), Orchestre de Bordeaux Aquitaine (second vocals)
- Recorded: 1979-01-01
H Meilhac, Jacques Offenbach, Ludovic Halévy: La Périchole - Couplets de la Périchole : Que veulent dire ces colères... Ah ! que les hommes sont bêtes
- Ens Vocal D'Aquitaine - Orch De Bordeaux Aquitaine - Jane Rhodes, Ensemble Vocal d'Acquitaine (second vocals), Jane Rhodes (lead vocals), Orchestre de Bordeaux Aquitaine (second vocals)
- Recorded: 1979-01-01
H Meilhac, Jacques Offenbach, Ludovic Halévy: La Périchole - Couplets de l'aveu : Tu n'es pas beau, tu n'es pas riche (La Périchole)
- Ens Vocal D'Aquitaine - Orch De Bordeaux Aquitaine - Jane Rhodes, Ensemble Vocal d'Acquitaine (second vocals), Jane Rhodes (lead vocals), Orchestre de Bordeaux Aquitaine (second vocals)
- Recorded: 1979-01-01
Offenbach: Barbe-bleue - Overture
- Louis Frémaux (orchestral conductor)
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Recorded: 1972-04-11
- Recording Venue: 10 & 11 April 1972 / Festival Hall, Corby, Leicestershire
Offenbach: Barbe-Bleue, Act 1: "Y'a des bergers" (Boulotte)
- Jane Rhodes (soprano)
- Orchestre de Bordeaux-Aquitaine
- Roberto Benzi
- Recorded: 1979-01-01
Offenbach: Barbe Bleue - Récit et couplets de la Rosière : Faut-il y aller ou faut-il pas y aller (Boulotte)... V'la z'encor' de drôl's de jeunesses
- Roberto Benzi - Orch De Bordeaux Aquitaine - Jane Rhodes, Jane Rhodes (vocals), Orchestre de Bordeaux Aquitaine (second vocals), Roberto Benzi (lead vocals)
- Recorded: 1979-01-01
Offenbach: La Vie parisienne, Act 1: Overture
- Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
- Michel Plasson
- Recorded: 1976-01-01
H Meilhac, Jacques Offenbach, Ludovic Halévy: La Vie Parisienne - Rondeau de la lettre : Vous souvient-il, ma belle (Metella)
- Ens Vocal D'Aquitaine - Orch De Bordeaux Aquitaine - Jane Rhodes, Ensemble Vocal d'Acquitaine (second vocals), Jane Rhodes (lead vocals), Orchestre de Bordeaux Aquitaine (second vocals)
- Recorded: 1979-01-01