Offenbach: Colorature

 
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Colorature
Jodie Devos (soprano) / Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Laurent Campellone

[ Alpha Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 8 February 2019

Soprano Jodie Devos, who has signed with Alpha for several recordings, here pays homage to Offenbach, whose bicentenary of his birth is celebrated in 2019. This programme shows Offenbach's fascination with the vocal fireworks of coloratura divas. This kind of 'lyric coloratura' or 'soprano leggero' voice runs like a thread through most of the composer's oeuvre, from his first pieces for two or three soloists to those grand frescoes of his maturity, La Vie parisienne,Robinson Crusoé,and Orphée aux Enfers. The coloratura soprano also adorns Offenbach's less frivolous operettas (such as Fantasio), as well as his only serious opera - Les Contes d'Hoffmann - in which the role of the doll (with only one aria, but what an aria!) is among the most famous in the entire French repertoire. Concocted collaboratively with Alexandre Dratwicki and the Palazzetto Bru Zane, this recorded programme - tailor-made for Jodie Devos - presents innumerable rarities from Mesdames de la Halle,Boule-de-Neige,Un mari à la porte,Le Roi Carotte, Le Voyage dans la lune, and Vert-Vert. In the famous duet, s Barcarolle "Belle nuit, Ô nuit d'amour", she is joined by up-and-coming mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet.

GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Recital

"The main thing to say about Devos - and her thoroughly idiomatic partner-in-frolic, Laurent Campellone - is that she (and this is a huge compliment) delivers all that is required of her, and more, with the apparent ease of one who knows how important it is to conceal the difficulty. The real kicker with this album is the way in which number after number springs its surprises. The vocal pyrotechnics are artfully designed to make one's jaw hit the floor." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2019

Tracks:

1 Boule de Neige, Act I No. 2: Couplet de la dompteuse "Je suis du pays vermeil"
2 Vert-Vert, Acte II No. 7B & C: Air de la Corilla "Les plus beaux vers sont toujours fades"
3 Orphée aux Enfers: Invocation à la mort "La mort m'apparaît souriante"
4 Un mari à la porte: Valse tyrolienne de Rosita "J'entends ma belle"
5 Fantasio: Air d'Elsbeth "Cachons l'ennui de mon âme"
6 Les Bavards, Act I No. 3: Air d'Inès "Ce sont détranges personnages"
7 Mesdames de la halle: Rondo de Ciboulette "Quel bruit et quel tapage"
8 Le Roi Carotte: Romance des Fleurs "Le voilà c'est bien lui"
9 Les Bergers: Ouverture
10 Fantasio: Romance d'Elsbeth "Voilà toute la ville en fête"
11 Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Couplets de la poupée "Les oiseaux dans la charmille"
12 Robinson Crusoë, Act II, 2e tableau, No. 14C: Valse d'Edwige "Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore"
13 Boule de Neige, Act I No. 3: Romance des souvenirs d'Olga "Souvenance"
14 Boule de Neige, Act II No. 14: Chanson d'Olga "Allons, couchez"
15 Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Prélude & Barcarolle "Belle nuit, Ô nuit d'amour"
16 Le voyage dans la lune, Act III No. 21: Ariette de Fantasia "Je suis nerveuse"