Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Nicolai Gedda (Nadir), Janine Micheau (Leila), Ernest Blanc (Zurga), Jaques Mars (Nourabad)
Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra Comique, Pierre Dervaux
The second-act Serenade, “De mon amie fleur endormie”, arguably the score’s most subtle number, is beautifully sung by Gedda. Ernest Blanc, in the difficult role of the alternately jealous and...
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Nicolai Gedda (Nadir), Janine Micheau (Leila), Ernest Blanc (Zurga), Jaques Mars (Nourabad)
Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra Comique, Pierre Dervaux
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The second-act Serenade, “De mon amie fleur endormie”, arguably the score’s most subtle number, is beautifully sung by Gedda. Ernest Blanc, in the difficult role of the alternately jealous and...
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The mid-price collection presents some of the most important and admired recordings of the EMI Classics and Virgin Classics catalogue which make EMI - The Home of Opera.
Bonus Disc contains synopsis and libretto with translation.
Contents and tracklist
- Ernest Blanc (baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Jacques Mars (bass), Janine Micheau (soprano)
- Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Opéra-Comique, Chœur du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Chœur du Théâtre National de I'Opéra-Comique
- Pierre Dervaux
- Recorded: 1960-12-26
- Recording Venue: 5-12 Oct & 26 Dec 1960, Salle Wagram, Paris
Arrêtez! arrêtez! C'est à moi d'ordonner de leur sort! (Zurga, Fishermen, Villagers, Nourabad, Nadir)
Track length4:00
Awards and reviews
The second-act Serenade, “De mon amie fleur endormie”, arguably the score’s most subtle number, is beautifully sung by Gedda. Ernest Blanc, in the difficult role of the alternately jealous and forgiving Zurga, is in superb voice, showing a real understanding of the right style and of character.
January 2011
Dervaux's conducting is tidy and efficient...Gabriel Bacquier is a sonorous Zurga
