Special offer. Offenbach: Un mari à la porte
Patrizio La Placa (Henri Martel), Francesca Benitez (Rosita), Matteo Mezzaro (Florestan Ducroquet) & Marina Ogii (Suzanne), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Valerio Galli
it’s fun and given a suitably zingy production … best of all is Francesca Benitez … she has the big hit number, a Valse Tyrolienne, one of Offenbach’s frothiest coloratura showpieces, and she...
Special offer. Offenbach: Un mari à la porte
Patrizio La Placa (Henri Martel), Francesca Benitez (Rosita), Matteo Mezzaro (Florestan Ducroquet) & Marina Ogii (Suzanne), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Valerio Galli
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it’s fun and given a suitably zingy production … best of all is Francesca Benitez … she has the big hit number, a Valse Tyrolienne, one of Offenbach’s frothiest coloratura showpieces, and she...
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Directors: Luigi Di Gangi & Ugo Giacomazzi
Set designer: Federica Parolini
Costume designer: Agnese Rabatti
Lighting designer: Luigi Biondi
Recorded at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Offenbachs birth, Un mari à la porte ( A Husband at the Door) is a one-act operetta premiered in 1859. This rarely performed work is a most amusing comedy of errors that mocks the quirks and vices of French society of that period. The action takes place in Susannes bedroom, on her wedding night. While alone, the bride realises that theres a man hidden under the bed. Florestan Ducroquet is a young and penniless musician who had broken into the room falling from the chimney, while escaping from the fury of a jealous husband. He manages to escape via the window, seconds after having proposed to Rosita. This carefree play of allusions and misunderstandings is accompanied by the brilliant music of Offenbach with its characteristic use of the polka, mazurka and waltz.
Recorded: Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, February 2019
1080i60 - 1 BD 25
Duration: 47 min.
Sound: PCM Stereo PCM 2.0 / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Regions: All
Sung in French
Notes/Synopsis: It, Eng
Subtitles: It, Eng, Fr, Ger, Jap, Kor
Contents and tracklist
- Patrizio La Placa (Henri Martel), Francesca Benitez (Rosita), Matteo Mezzaro (Florestan Ducroquet) & Marina Ogii (Suzanne)
- Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Valerio Galli
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Awards and reviews
Opera Now April 2020
it’s fun and given a suitably zingy production … best of all is Francesca Benitez … she has the big hit number, a Valse Tyrolienne, one of Offenbach’s frothiest coloratura showpieces, and she nails it with aplomb.