Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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In the 1930s in Paris, Raoul Jobin and José Luccioni were the two great opera matinée-idols.
Jobin, a French Canadian, made his début in 1930 and was soon singing at both the Opéra, as Faust,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 8110214-15
Label: Naxos
Series: Historical, Great Opera Recordings
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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Vina Bovy, Renée Doria, Raoul Jobin, Fanely Revoil
Paris Opera-Comique Chorus, Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra
André Cluytens

Prologue: Prelude

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Prologue: Introduction. Glou, Glou, Glou

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Prologue: Le Conseiller Lindorf, morbleu...

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Prologue: Deux heures devant moi

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Prologue: Drig, drig, drig, maitre Luther

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Prologue: Vive Dieu, mes amis, la belle creature

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Prologue: The legend of Klienzach: Il etait une fois a la cour d'Eisenach

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Prologue: Peuh! Cette biere est detestable

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Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act I

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Vina Bovy, Renée Doria, Raoul Jobin, Fanely Revoil
Paris Opera-Comique Chorus, Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra
André Cluytens

La! Dors en paix

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Allons! Courage et confiance...Ah! Vivre deux n'avoir...

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Par Dieu!... Une poupée aux yeux d'email

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C'est moi, Coppelius...

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Dis-tu vrais?

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Non aucun hote vraiment non

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The Doll's Song. Les oiseaux dans la charmille

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Ah! Mon ami! Quel accent!

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Ils se sont eloignes enfin!

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Tu me fuis?

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Voici les valseurs!

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Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act II

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Vina Bovy, Renée Doria, Raoul Jobin, Fanely Revoil
Paris Opera-Comique Chorus, Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra
André Cluytens

Entr'acte (Barcarolle): Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour

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Et moi ce n'est ne fete!

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Scintille diamant

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Cher ange!

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Vous me quittez?

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Schlemil!...J'en etais sur

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Helas! Mon coeur s'egare encore!

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Ecoutez, messieurs!

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Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act III

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Vina Bovy, Renée Doria, Raoul Jobin, Fanely Revoil
Paris Opera-Comique Chorus, Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra
André Cluytens

Entr'acte and Romance. Elle a fui, la tourterelle

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Malheureuse enfant...Fille bien aimee

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Jour et nuit je me mets en quatre

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Franz! C'est ici

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C'est une chanson d'amour

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Qu as-tu donc?

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Pour conjurer le danger

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Ne plus chanter

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Tu ne chanteras plus?...Chere enfant!

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Mon enfant! Ma fille!

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Excerpt, Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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Vina Bovy, Renée Doria, Raoul Jobin, Fanely Revoil
Paris Opera-Comique Chorus, Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra
André Cluytens

Epilogue. Intermezzo

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Epilogue. Voila quelle fut l'histoire de mes amours

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2010

In the 1930s in Paris, Raoul Jobin and José Luccioni were the two great opera matinée-idols.
Jobin, a French Canadian, made his début in 1930 and was soon singing at both the Opéra, as Faust, Lohengrin and Raoul in Les Huguenots, and at the Opéra-Comique, where he was a favourite Hoffmann and Don José. This recording may perhaps find him just a little late in his career. His years at the Metropolitan (throughout the German occupation) obviously took their toll, when he sang roles that were too heavy for him in such a huge theatre. However, the splendour of this set is the authenticity of the vocal style and the diction of such stalwarts of the Opéra-Comique ensemble as Louis Musy, Roger Bourdin, Fanély Revoil (better known as an operetta singer) and, luxurious casting, Camille Maurane in the small part of Hermann.
The three heroines are well inside their roles, but they're afflicted with a little strain in the higher-lying passages. Renée Doria sang all these parts later in her career – when this recording was made she was just at the outset, having made her début in Paris in 1944. Her Olympia is strong on the staccato notes but a bit fragile in the long phrases – this doll broke quite easily, one imagines. In the same act, André Pernet, a great figure from pre-war Paris is a superb Coppélius. In the Venice act, Vina Bovy is dramatically convincing as Giulietta, but hasn't much vocal sheen left (she made her début in 1919). Géori Boué, the Antonia, is one of the great figures from French post-war opera, but one feels that Giulietta would have been her role ideally. As for Jobin, despite some strain, he makes a convincing poet. Although there's such strong competition on CD where Hoffmann is concerned, this historic version is without doubt essential listening for a sense of style if the work absorbs you.

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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