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Offenbach: L'île de Tulipatan
Heather Jones, Chad Kranak, Tom Mulder, Victor Khodadad, Claire Kuttler
Light Opera of New York, Tyson Deaton
Offenbach: L'île de Tulipatan
Heather Jones, Chad Kranak, Tom Mulder, Victor Khodadad, Claire Kuttler
Light Opera of New York, Tyson Deaton
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Jacques Offenbach's mini opéra bouffe L'île de Tulipatan was premiered in September 1868 in Paris and was wildly successful. The hilarious plot, set on a South Seas island, involves cross-dressing and gender confusions, and features a tuneful score. It travelled to Germany and Austria the year following its premier and to the U.K. three seasons later. This charming operetta was recorded live at Radio France in the late 1950s and again in the 1980s, both French-language. The present English translation by Gregg Opelka and Jack Helbig was created in 2003. This recording, from the Light Opera of New York's Spring 2017 live New York City production, is the first for the work in English. The entire Offenbach score is heard with Opelka's lyrics, along with a slightly truncated version of Helbig's snappy spoken dialogue.
Contents and tracklist
- Claire Kuttler, Tom Mulder, Chad Kranak, Heather Jones, Victor Khodadad
- New York Light Opera Orchestra
- Tyson Deaton