Offenbach
10/06/12 12:00PM
Peter Fox Smith explores Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld and the Gluck opera of which it is a parody - as well as a couple of historic excerpts from Offenbach's La Perichole.
Playlist
12:00pm
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sir Charles Mackerras |
| CD/Album | Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80544 |
| Release Year | 2000 |
12:04pm
Orphée aux enfers: Overture
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Arranger | Carl Binder |
| Ensemble | Detroit Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Paul Paray |
| CD/Album | Marches and Overtures à la Française |
| Record co./Cat # | Mercury 434332 |
| Release Year | 1993 |
12:13pm
Orphée aux enfers: "La femme dont le cœur rêve"; "Ah! c'est ainsi!"
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse |
| Conductor | Michel Plasson |
| Soloists | Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Michel Sénéchal, tenor |
| CD/Album | Offenbach - Orphée aux enfers |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 49647 |
| Release Year | 1979 |
12:25pm
Orphée aux enfers: "Quand j’étais roi de Béotie"
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse |
| Conductor | Michel Plasson |
| Soloists | Bruce Brewer, tenor |
| CD/Album | Offenbach - Orphée aux enfers |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 49647 |
| Release Year | 1979 |
12:27pm
Orphée aux enfers: "J'ai vu le Dieu Bacchus"
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestre et Chœurs du Capitole de Toulouse |
| Conductor | Michel Plasson |
| Soloists | Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Michèle Pena, soprano ; Michèle Command, soprano ; Charles Burles, tenor |
| CD/Album | Offenbach - Orphée aux enfers |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 49647 |
| Release Year | 1979 |
12:30pm
Orphée aux enfers: Finale
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestre et Chœurs du Capitole de Toulouse |
| Conductor | Michel Plasson |
| Soloists | Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Michel Sénéchal, tenor ; Charles Burles, tenor ; Michel Trempont, baritone ; Jane Rhodes, mezzo-soprano |
| CD/Album | Offenbach - Orphée aux enfers |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 49647 |
| Release Year | 1979 |
12:34pm
La Périchole: "O, mon cher Armand"
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Germaine Corney, soprano |
| CD/Album | Tales of Offenbach |
| Record co./Cat # | Club "99" 511 |
| Release Year | 1989 |
12:38pm
La Périchole: "Tu n'es pas beau"
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Maggie Teyte, soprano |
| CD/Album | Tales of Offenbach |
| Record co./Cat # | Club "99" 511 |
| Release Year | 1989 |
12:42pm
Orfeo ed Euridice: Finale
| Composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala |
| Conductor | Wilhelm Furtwängler |
| Soloists | Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano ; Hilde Güden, soprano ; Magda Gabory, soprano |
| CD/Album | Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice |
| Record co./Cat # | Urania 22.290 |
| Release Year | 2006 |