Offenbach Colorature / Devos, Campellone, Munich Radio Orchestra

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
February 8, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      OFFENBACH, JACQUES
    • PERFORMER
      Devos, Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Campellone
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 08, 2019
    • UPC
      3760014194375
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA437
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Boule de neige: Je suis du pays vermeil

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    2. Vert-vert: Les plus beaux vers sont toujours fades

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    3. Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), Act I: La campagne aux environs d'Athenes: La mort m'apparait

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    4. Le mari a la porte: J'entends, ma belle

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    5. Fantasio: Cachons l'ennui de mon âme

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    6. Les bavards: Ce sont d'étranges personnages

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    7. Mesdames de la Halle: Quel bruit et quel tapage

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    8. Le Roi Carotte: Le voilà … c'est bien lui

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    9. Les bergers: Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    10. Fantasio: Voilà toute la ville en fête

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    11. Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act I: The Doll's Song: Les oiseaux dans la charmille

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    12. Robinson Crusoé: Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    13. Souvenance

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    14. Allons! Couché

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    15. Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act II: Entr'acte: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour, "Barcarolle"

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos, Adèle Charvet

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone

    16. Le voyage dans la lune: Je suis nerveuse, je suis fievreuse

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jodie Devos

      Conductor: Laurent Campellone




Soprano Jodie Devos, who has signed with Alpha for several recordings, here pays homage to Offenbach, whose bicentenary of his birth is celebrated in 2019. This programme shows Offenbach’s fascination with the vocal fireworks of coloratura divas. This kind of ‘lyric coloratura’ or ‘soprano leggero’ voice runs like a thread through most of the composer’s oeuvre, from his first pieces for two or three soloists to those grand frescoes of his maturity, La Vie parisienne, Robinson Crusoe, and Orphee aux Enfers. The coloratura soprano also adorns Offenbach’s less frivolous operettas (such as Fantasio), as well as his only serious opera, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, in which the role of the doll (with only one aria, but what an aria!) is among the most famous in the entire French repertoire. Concocted collaboratively with Alexandre Dratwicki and the Palazzetto Bru Zane, this recorded programme- tailor-made for Jodie Devos- presents innumerable rarities from Mesdames de la Halle, Boule-de-Neige, Un mari a la porte, Le Roi Carotte, Le Voyage dans la lune, and Vert-Vert. In the famous duet, Oiseaux dans la charmille, she is joined by up and coming mezzo-soprano Adele Charvet.

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REVIEW:

The main thing to say about Devos – and her thoroughly idiomatic partner-in-frolic, Laurent Campellone – is that she (and this is a huge compliment) delivers all that is required of her, and more, with the apparent ease of one who knows how important it is to conceal the difficulty. The real kicker with this album is the way in which number after number springs its surprises. The vocal pyrotechnics are artfully designed to make one’s jaw hit the floor.

– Gramophone