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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
RecommendedYann Beuron (Orphée), Natalie Dessay (Euridice), Laurent Naouri (Jupiter), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Pluton-Aristée), Ewa Podles (L'Opinion Publique), Patricia Petibon (Cupidon), Jennifer Smith (Diane), Veronique Gens (Vénus), Steven Cole (John Styx), Virginie Pochon (Minerve), Etienne Lescroart (Mercure)
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Both the 'earthly' leads are superb: Natalie Dessay's secure, clear coloratura is well employed as the nagging wife...and one feels sorry for her hapless husband, Orphee, amiably characterized... —
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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
RecommendedAndre Dran, Jean Mollien, Claudine Collart, Lucien Mans, Janine Lindenfelder
Paris Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, Rene Leibowitz
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Building a Library, July 2016, Also Recommended
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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Laurent Naouri, Eva Podles
Orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble, Choeur De l'Opéra National De Lyon, Marc Minkowski
Orphée aux enfers may be Offenbach's bestknown operetta, but it's had limited attention on disc. The lightly scored original 1858 version was in two acts and four scenes. The spectacular 1874... —
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Les Fantaisies de Patricia Petibon
Patricia Petibon (soprano)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Europa Galante, Orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble, Emmanuelle Haïm, Fabio Biondi, Marc Minkowski
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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
Heinz Hoppe (Orpheus), Anneliese Rothenberger (Eurydice), Max Hansen (Jupiter), Ferry Gruber (Aristeus, Pluto), Bruno Fritz (Hans Styx), Gisela Litz (Die Offentliche Meinung), Rupert Glawitsch (Morpheu), Elese Mühl (Diana), Renata George (Juno), Ursula Schirrmacher (Venus), Erna-Maria Duske (Cupido),...
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Offenbach: The Operas & Operettas Collection
Marcel Couraud, Michel Plasson, Willy Mattes, Félix Nuvolone, Jean-Pierre Marty, Pinchas Steinberg, John Eliot Gardiner, Manuel Rosenthal, Sylvain Cambreling, Heinz Wallberg, Carlo Maria Griguoli, François Le Roux
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... —
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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
Kathryn Lewek (Eurydice), Joel Prieto (Orphée), Anne Sofie von Otter (L'Opinion Publique), Martin Winkler (Jupiter), Max Hopp (John Styx)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Enrique Mazzola, Barrie Kosky
[Kosky's] exuberance is clearly evident…Indeed, sometimes that exuberance spills forth at such a giddy pace that it’s difficult to keep up on initial viewing…Lewek is the star of the show, throwing... —
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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
Kathryn Lewek (Eurydice), Joel Prieto (Orphée), Anne Sofie von Otter (L'Opinion Publique), Martin Winkler (Jupiter), Max Hopp (John Styx)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Enrique Mazzola, Barrie Kosky
[Kosky's] exuberance is clearly evident...Indeed, sometimes that exuberance spills forth at such a giddy pace that it’s difficult to keep up on initial viewing...Lewek is the star of the show,... —
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33 CDs + 19 DVD Videos
$170.25
