Special offer. The Paris Opera 1900-1960
Une Histoire Sonore
Artists of the Paris Opera
This set offers limitless pleasure to anyone interested in historically important French singing. More than 100 singers are heard in repertoire produced at the Opéra de Paris during the first...
Special offer. The Paris Opera 1900-1960
Une Histoire Sonore
Artists of the Paris Opera
Purchase product
This set offers limitless pleasure to anyone interested in historically important French singing. More than 100 singers are heard in repertoire produced at the Opéra de Paris during the first...
About
Malibran is proud to release a limited edition 10 CD set of the Paris Opera (Palais Garnier, not to be confused with the new Paris Opera of la Bastille).
This set contains a 56 page libretto in French and English and numerous illustrations, and contains more than 13 hours of recordings from 1900 to 1960.
This panorama of 60 years of Palais Garnier offers 2 major points of interest:
- All singers featured in this set have sung at the Palais Garnier except one: Cesar Vezzani (absolutely extraordinary in La Juive)
- All works presented here have been played or premiered at the Palais Garnier, and this includes a lot of rarities, such as Ascanio and Dejanire by Saint-Saens, Ariane and Le Mage by Massenet, Vercingetorix by Canteloube and Fervaal by Vincent d'Indy.
The creativity level of the Palais Garnier under the 30 years of Jacques Rouche, their director between 1914 and 1945, is astonishing! 71 new works were created there, creating a fantastic musical history of a theatre which is still alive and well.
Contents and tracklist
- The Paris Opera 1900-1960
Awards and reviews
November 2015
This set offers limitless pleasure to anyone interested in historically important French singing. More than 100 singers are heard in repertoire produced at the Opéra de Paris during the first six decades of the 20th century. Many of the performances are live, some actually recorded at the Palais Garnier.
