Les Divas d'Offenbach
Véronique Gens (soprano), Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Hervé Niquet
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th October 2025
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Vocal Choice
It is music ideally suited to Véronique Gens with her sumptuous voice and relishing of linguistic nuance... Captured in warm, glowing sound, with the superb Choeur et Orchestre des Pays de la...
Les Divas d'Offenbach
Véronique Gens (soprano), Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Hervé Niquet
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th October 2025
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Vocal Choice
It is music ideally suited to Véronique Gens with her sumptuous voice and relishing of linguistic nuance... Captured in warm, glowing sound, with the superb Choeur et Orchestre des Pays de la...
About
Véronique Gens' talent as a storyteller needs no introduction; she is an eminent ambassador for French mélodie and tragédie lyrique around the world. "Make us laugh! "says this sparkling programme, devised in collaboration with the Palazzetto Bru Zane. 'Les Divas d'Offenbach' presents all the facets of the prolific Jacques Offenbach - operetta, opéra-bouffe, fairy tales and opéra-comique - his famous arias from La Belle Hélène, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole, as well as previously unreleased works recorded here for the first time. There are sections from major works that were not included in the final version as well as rarities from incidental music such as Valéria, Le Roman comique, Geneviève de Brabant and La Boulangère a des écus, a work that is practically never performed today but which enjoyed great success in the 19th century. Gens' long-time collaborator Hervé Niquet conducts the Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire with style and passion.
Contents and tracklist
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
- Véronique Gens
- Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
- Hervé Niquet
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Véronique Gens and Offenbach's Divas
17th Oct 2025
The great tragédienne lets her hair down in a sparkling programme of excerpts from Offenbach's comic operas, including La belle Hélène, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week17th October 2025
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International Classical Music Awards2026Nominated - Vocal Music
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BBC Music MagazineChristmas Issue 2025Vocal Choice
Christmas Issue 2025
It is music ideally suited to Véronique Gens with her sumptuous voice and relishing of linguistic nuance... Captured in warm, glowing sound, with the superb Choeur et Orchestre des Pays de la Loire matching the music's joie de vivre under Hervé Niquet, this is simply a delight.
17th October 2025
This repertoire shines a light on aspects of Gens’s artistry which rarely get an airing: her wicked comic timing, love of playing to the gallery, and the earthy colours which the voice has accrued in the middle and lower reaches of late. Under the adroit hand of Hervé Niquet, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire really shines in two gorgeous orchestral interludes from Robinstn Crusoe and Le Voyage dans le Lune.
1st November 2025
there is probably nobody as good as Véronique Gens to show off such a diverse range of material in the specifically French space between speech and song. She does it with panache, character, individuality and sass.
