French Opera Masterworks / Fournet, Solti, et al

French Opera Masterworks / Fournet, Solti, et, al - Bravissimo - BRV 9802 - 723

Label: Bravissimo
Catalog No: BRV 9802
Format: CD
Release Date: 2007-10-16
Number of Discs: 14
Running time: 14 hr. 53 min.
UPC Code: 723721309152

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Album Summary

>Halévy, Jacques : La juive
>Berlioz, Hector : La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
>Gounod, Charles : Faust
>Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera
>Saint-Saëns, Camille : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
>Delibes, Léo : Lakme
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Notes & Reviews:

Six complete operas from the French repertoire in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting live recordings taped 1964-1973.



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Works Details

>Fromental Halévy (1799 - 1862) : La juive
  • Performers: John Noble (Baritone); Brian Etheridge (Bass); John Frost (Bass); Leslie Fyson (Baritone); Robert Bickerstaff (Voice); Michele Bris (Voice); Anthony Baldwin (Piano); Edgar Fleet (Tenor); Yasuko Hayashi (Soprano); Juan Sabate (Voice); David Gwynne (Bass); Richard Tucker (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Anton Guadagno
  • Running Time: 13 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1835
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Berlioz, Hector : La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
  • Performers: Marilyn Horne (Voice); Dimiter Petkov (Bass); Nicolai Gedda (Tenor); Marilyn Horne (Voice); Roger Soyer (Bass)
  • Conductor: Georges Prêtre
  • Running Time: 118 min. 31 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 11/1845-10/1846
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Gounod, Charles : Faust
  • Performers: Robert Massard (Baritone); Mirella Freni (Soprano); Gianni Raimondi (Tenor); Luigi Alva (Voice); Anna di Stasio (Mezzo Soprano); Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass); Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
  • Conductor: Georges Prêtre
  • Running Time: 159 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1856-1859
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera
  • Performers: Shirley Verrett (Voice); Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone); Anne Pashley (Soprano); Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor); Francis Egerton (Tenor); José Van Dam (Bass Baritone); Teresa Cahill (Soprano); Thomas Allen (Baritone); John Dobson (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Sir Solti
  • Running Time: 139 min. 52 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1873-1874
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
  • Performers: Ernest Blanc (Baritone); Henk Driessen (Voice); Oralia Dominguez (Mezzo Soprano); Bert Vant'Hoff (Voice); Aad Rijk (Tenor); Jon Vickers (Tenor); Peter Bilt (Voice)
  • Conductor: Jean Fournet
  • Running Time: 87 min. 37 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1859-1877
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé
  • Performers: Diego Cossu (Tenor); Serena Lazzarini (Mezzo Soprano); Thelma Badaro (Soprano); Giuseppe Morino (Tenor); Anna Beretta (Alto); Bruno Pratico (Baritone); Carmelo Caruso (Baritone); Alessandra Ruffini (Soprano); Monica Benvenuti (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Carlos Piantini
  • Notes: Martina Franc Festival (08/06/1991/08/07/1991)
  • Running Time: 139 min. 41 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1883
  • Studio/Live: Live