David: Lalla Roukh / Fiset, Brown, Opera Lafayette

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 25, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DAVID, FELICIEN
    • PERFORMER
      Fiset, Toro, Paulin, Deletré, Newman, Adelsberger, Opera Lafayette, Brown
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Ouverture

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    2. Act I Scenes 1-3: Scene et Choeur: C'est ici le pays des roses (Chorus, Bakbara, Kaboul, Noureddin, Baskir)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: David Newman, Andrew Adelsberger, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Bernard Deletre

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    3. Act I Scene 5: Melodie: Sous le feuillage sombre (Lalla Roukh)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Marianne Fiset

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    4. Act I Scene 6: Couplets: De pres ou de loin (Baskir)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Bernard Deletre

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    5. Act I Scene 7: Choeur: Voici le repas du soir (Chorus)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    6. Act I Scene 7: Ballet: La nuit tombe (Chorus)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    7. Act I Scene 7: Choeur danse: Bayaderes plus legeres (Chorus)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    8. Act I Scene 8: Scene, Dieu, c'est lui! Quatuor, Je n'ose lever les yeux (Lalla Roukh, Baskir, Mirza, Noureddin, Chorus)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Marianne Fiset, Bernard Deletre, Nathalie Paulin, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    9. Act I Scene 8: Romance: Ma maitresse a quitte la tente, Scene, et Reprise du Choeur (Noureddin, Baskir, Lalla Roukh, Mirza, Chorus)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Bernard Deletre, Marianne Fiset, Nathalie Paulin

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    10. Act I Scene 10: Couplets: Si vous ne savez plus charmer (Mirza)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Nathalie Paulin

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    11. Act I Scene 12: Duo, La nuit en deployant ses ailes (Lalla Roukh, Noureddin)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Marianne Fiset, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    12. Act I Scene 12: Ballade, Lorsque l'etoile du ciel sans voile, Duo (Noureddin, Lalla Roukh)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Marianne Fiset

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    13. Act I Scene 13: Ronde de Nuit et Final du 1er Acte, La nuit au manteau sombre (Chorus, Bakbara, Kaboul, Baskir, Lalla Roukh, Mirza)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: David Newman, Andrew Adelsberger, Bernard Deletre, Marianne Fiset, Nathalie Paulin

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    14. Act II Scene 1: Entr'acte

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    15. Act II Scene 1: Recitatif: Enfin…Air, O nuit d'amour (Lalla Roukh)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Marianne Fiset

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    16. Act II Scene 2: Duettino, Loin du bruit, loin du monde (Lalla Roukh, Mirza)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Marianne Fiset, Nathalie Paulin

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    17. Act II Scene 4: Choeur: Ces joyaux, ces parures (Chorus, Lalla Roukh, Baskir, Mirza)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Marianne Fiset, Bernard Deletre, Nathalie Paulin

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    18. Act II Scene 6: Couplets: Ah! funeste ambassade (Baskir)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Bernard Deletre

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    19. Act II Scene 8: Barcarolle et Ensemble: O! ma maitresse (Noureddin, Baskir, Bakbara, Kaboul, Mirza)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Bernard Deletre, David Newman, Andrew Adelsberger, Nathalie Paulin

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    20. Act II Scene 9: Duo bouffe: Tout ira bien demain (Noureddin, Baskir)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Bernard Deletre

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    21. Act II Scene 10: Romance: Fuyez, fuyez (Noureddin)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    22. Act II Scene 10: Duo: Non, non, le ciel lui-meme (Lalla Roukh, Noureddin)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Marianne Fiset, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

      Conductor: Ryan Brown

    23. Act II Scene 12: Marche et Final: Gloire, honneur (Chorus, Baskir, Lalla Roukh, Mirza, Noureddin)

      Composer: Félicien David

      Ensemble: Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra

      Performer: Bernard Deletre, Marianne Fiset, Nathalie Paulin, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

      Conductor: Ryan Brown


Félicien David was the pivotal figure in French opera that ignited the obsession for setting works in the exotic East. Almost all the country's leading composers in the late 19th century followed his lead, including Saint-Saëns, Delibes, Gounod and Massenet. Premièred in 1862 and recorded here for the first time, David's magical opera Lalla Roukh uses evocative orchestration to support the fairy-tale plot of an Indian princess and her journey in search of love. The work contains some memorable melodies, the most famous of which, Charmant oiseau, has been a favorite of the world’s greatest sopranos.

"The best of the music has great charm and is less self-consciously exotic than the orientalia of, say, Bizet or Massenet. Noureddin's serenades re ravishingly sung by Emiliano Gonzalez Toro. Marianne Fiset is supremely elegant in the title role." -- Tim Ashley, The Guardian [4/10/14]
“All the principals have firm, clear voices...Marianne Fiest as the heroine has a bright, perfectly placed soprano, attacking even the most exposed notes with precision.” -- Gramophone [6/2014]