Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne

It’s the ladies who really make things ping...Jodie Devos brings a delightfully bright, fruity soprano to the glovemaker Gabrielle (every inch the soubrette, in her pink ankle-boots) and Aude... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…

Release Date: 10th Feb 2023
Catalogue No: 2110753-54
Label: Naxos

International Classical Music Awards

2024

Nominated - Video Opera

Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne (Paris Life)

Jodie Devos (Gabrielle), Rodolphe Briand (Gardefeu), Marc Mauillon (Bobinet), Franck Leguérinel (Le Baron), Sandrine Buendia (La Baronne), Les Musiciens du Louvre (early music ensemble), Romain Dumas, Christian Lacroix
Chœur de Chambre de Namur

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Jacques Offenbach had already achieved fame as an operetta composer by 1866, but that year’s premiere of La Vie parisienne was his first portrayal of contemporary Parisian life. With its tale of romantic intrigues, disguises and comic celebrations of the mad gaiety of life in the French capital, La Vie parisienne became popular in the nation’s theatres, but not after a hasty re-working of its final acts after protests from the original performers. With significant new musical discoveries and the final acts restored, this opéra-bouffe masterpiece now speaks for itself given the resources of a superb cast and Christian Lacroix’s colourful and much acclaimed Bru Zane France production.

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May 2023

It’s the ladies who really make things ping...Jodie Devos brings a delightfully bright, fruity soprano to the glovemaker Gabrielle (every inch the soubrette, in her pink ankle-boots) and Aude Extrémo sounds dangerously smoky and ripe as the dominatrix-like courtesan Métella.

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