Martin Wahlberg and Orkester Nord take you on a journey to discovery Duni, the father of opera-comique through two of his emblematic works: Les deux chasseurs et la laitiere, and Le peintre amoureux de son modele, recorded here for the first time. Combining musical innovation and comic genius, these two "comedies melees d'ariettes" were at the origin of the metamorphosis of the light genre, which led directly to Mozart and the singspiel. Duni displayed a wealth of theatricality and an art of 'quiproquo' (misunderstanding), as in Alberti's aria "Chere Laurette" (Le peintre amoureux de son modele) or the superb final quartet "Ainsi le sort" from Les Deux chasseurs et la laitiere. Martin Wahlberg and Orkester Nord, who had already highlighted Mozart's debt to Gretry, continue their fascinating lyrical epic through the treasures of French opera, fully embracing it's revolutionary spirit and dramatic force.