Les Divas d'Offenbach
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Les Divas d'Offenbach
Véronique Gens (soprano), Hervé Niquet, Chœur Et Orchestre National Des Pays de La Loire
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Release Date: Sunday 12 October 2025
Véronique Gens' talent as a storyteller needs no introduction; she is an eminent ambassador for French mélodie and tragédie lyrique around the world. "Make us laugh! "says this sparkling programme, devised in collaboration with the Palazzetto Bru Zane. 'Les Divas d'Offenbach' presents all the facets of the prolific Jacques Offenbach - operetta, opéra-bouffe, fairy tales and opéra-comique - his famous arias from La Belle Hélène, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole, as well as previously unreleased works recorded here for the first time. There are sections from major works that were not included in the final version as well as rarities from incidental music such as Valéria, Le Roman comique, Geneviève de Brabant and La Boulangère a des écus, a work that is practically never performed today but which enjoyed great success in the 19th century. Gens' long-time collaborator Hervé Niquet conducts the Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire with style and passion.
"It is music ideally suited to Véronique Gens with her sumptuous voice and relishing of linguistic nuance... Captured in warm, glowing sound, with the superb Choeur et Orchestre des Pays de la Loire matching the music's joie de vivre under Hervé Niquet, this is simply a delight." BBC Music Five Stars
""But as we've come to expect from Palazzetto Bru Zane, this new recital is simultaneously a joy in its own right and a valuable piece of scholarship, with premiere recordings and previously unheard versions ..."" Gramophone
Tracks:
La Belle Hélène, Act II: Un rêve, mon dieu, c'est un rêve
La Diva: Je crois bien et je le promets
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Act I: Dites-lui
La Vie Parisienne, Act I Scene 1: Allez donc, allez donc bien vite
Valeria: C'est pour aimer
Boule de Neige, Act II: Moi je viens réclamer le divorce
Le Voyage dans la Lune, Act III Scene 10: Ballet des Chimères
Le Roi Carotte, Act I Scene 8: Fruits des vieilles habitudes
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Act II Scene 1: Vous aimez le danger
Madame Favart, Act I Scene 4: Je passe sur mon enfance
Dragonette: Oui, j'ai menti
Robinson Crusoé: Entracte Symphonique de l'Acte II
La Périchole, Act I Scene 8: O mon cher amant
La Boulangère a des écus, Act I Scene 4: Ah ! Qu'elle est fière
La Périchole, Act I Scene 4: Regarde-le, regarde-moi
Geneviève de Brabant, Act I Scene 1: Jeunesse aimable et charmante
Robinson Crusoé, Act II Scene 1: Beauté qui viens des cieux
Le Roman Comique: De la blanche couronne
La Diva: Monsieur Etienne, mon coiffeur
