Opéra-Comique Overtures
CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893): La Nonne sanglante (arr. Charles Delsaux [18??-1958]), JACQUES FROMENTAL HALÉVY (1799-1862): Les Mousquetaires de la reine, LÉO DELIBES (1836-1891): Le Roi l’a dit, FERDINAND HÉROLD (1791-1833): Zampa, ÉTIENNE-NICOLAS MÉHUL (1763-1817): Joseph, Héléna, ALEXANDRE-CHARLES LECOCQ (1832-1918): La Petite mariée, LOUIS-AIMÉ MAILLART (1817-1871): Les Dragons de Villars, FRANÇOIS-ADRIEN BOIELDIEU (1775-1834): Le Calife de Bagdad, JACQUES OFFENBACH (1819-1880): Le Mariage aux lanternes.Catalogue Number: 05V036
Label: Naxos
Reference: 8.574122
Format: CD
Price: $11.98
Description: With innovative features, colorful orchestration, drama, wit and atmospheric writing, the genre of opéra-comique proved very popular and these overtures encapsulate their immense vivacity and charm. ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Michael Halász.