Offenbach: The Operas & Operettas Collection

Almost without exception the performances collected here tread Offenbach’s primrose path with verve…Twenty-first-century operetta lovers will weep to see such luxury casting…The Belle Hélène... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2019 More…

Release Date: 26th Apr 2019
Catalogue No: 9029549957
Label: Warner Classics

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Offenbach: Ba-Ta-Clan

Marcel Couraud

Offenbach: Les bavards

Marcel Couraud

Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers

Michel Plasson

Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers

(sung in German)
Willy Mattes

Offenbach: La Belle Helène

Michel Plasson

Offenbach: La Belle Helène

(sung in German)
Willy Mattes

Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne (Paris Life)

Michel Plasson

Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne (Paris Life)

(sung in German)
Willy Mattes

Offenbach: La Fille du tambour-major: excerpts

Félix Nuvolone

Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein: excerpts

Jean-Pierre Marty

Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

(sung in German)
Pinchas Steinberg

Offenbach: La Perichole

Michel Plasson

Offenbach: Les Brigands

Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Offenbach: Pomme d’Api

Manuel Rosenthal

Offenbach: Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le…

Manuel Rosenthal

Offenbach: Mesdames de la Halle

Manuel Rosenthal

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Sylvain Cambreling

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

(sung in German)
Heinz Wallberg

Offenbach: Operetta Arias

Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne

Carlo Maria Griguoli

Offenbach: Six Fables de La Fontaine

François Le Roux

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He was born in Cologne, but it was in Paris that Jacques Offenbach achieved fame. A special feature of this 30-CD collection are star-studded recordings in both French and German of his most celebrated operettas – works that overflow with joie de vivre and satirical wit – and of Les Contes d’Hoffmann, an opera that daringly fuses fantasy, comedy and tragedy. It also includes irresistibly stylish performances of such tempting rarities as Les Brigands, Pomme d’Api, Monsieur Choufleuri and Mesdames de la Halle.

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August 2019

Almost without exception the performances collected here tread Offenbach’s primrose path with verve…Twenty-first-century operetta lovers will weep to see such luxury casting…The Belle Hélène here is Jessye Norman, no less: a performance of such sensuality and vocal charisma that it could easily launch a thousand ships.

Opera Now July 2019

There is probably something for everyone here, ranging from the early exuberance of Ba-ta-clan to the unﬁnished Les contes d’Hoffmann. But there are many joys en route, offering a variety of styles – Mady Mesplé, Adolpf Dallapozza, Jessye Norman, Teresa Berganza, José Carreras, Neil Shicoff, Michel Plasson – it’s a roll call of excellence, not least the bonus of Jane Rhodes’ juicy solo disc of airs célèbres, worth the price of the box alone.

Offenbach: The Operas & Operettas Collection

30 CDs

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