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Offenbach Colorature / Devos, Campellone, Munich Radio Orchestra
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Offenbach Colorature / Devos, Campellone, Munich Radio Orchestra

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Composer
OFFENBACH, JACQUES
Artist
Devos, Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Campellone
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Feb 08, 2019
Catalog #
ALPHA437
UPC
3760014194375

About



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

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Boule de neige: Je suis du pays vermeil 02:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    Boule de neige: Je suis du pays vermeil
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  2. 2 Vert-vert: Les plus beaux vers sont toujours fades 04:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    Vert-vert: Les plus beaux vers sont toujours fades
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  3. 3 Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), Act I: La campagne aux environs d'Athenes: La mort m'apparait 02:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), Act I: La campagne aux environs d'Athenes: La mort m'apparait
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  4. 4 Le mari a la porte: J'entends, ma belle 04:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    Le mari a la porte: J'entends, ma belle
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  5. 5 Fantasio: Cachons l'ennui de mon âme 05:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    Fantasio: Cachons l'ennui de mon âme
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  6. 6 Les bavards: Ce sont d'étranges personnages 02:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    Les bavards: Ce sont d'étranges personnages
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  7. 7 Mesdames de la Halle: Quel bruit et quel tapage 04:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    Mesdames de la Halle: Quel bruit et quel tapage
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  8. 8 Le Roi Carotte: Le voilà … c'est bien lui 04:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    Le Roi Carotte: Le voilà … c'est bien lui
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  9. 9 Les bergers: Overture 04:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    Les bergers: Overture
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  10. 10 Fantasio: Voilà toute la ville en fête 04:03
    Track
    10
    Title
    Fantasio: Voilà toute la ville en fête
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  11. 11 Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act I: The Doll's Song: Les oiseaux dans la charmille 06:01
    Track
    11
    Title
    Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act I: The Doll's Song: Les oiseaux dans la charmille
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  12. 12 Robinson Crusoé: Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore 03:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    Robinson Crusoé: Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  13. 13 Souvenance 02:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    Souvenance
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  14. 14 Allons! Couché 03:59
    Track
    14
    Title
    Allons! Couché
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  15. 15 Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act II: Entr'acte: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour, "Barcarolle" 04:03
    Track
    15
    Title
    Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act II: Entr'acte: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour, "Barcarolle"
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos, Adèle Charvet
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone
  16. 16 Le voyage dans la lune: Je suis nerveuse, je suis fievreuse 02:22
    Track
    16
    Title
    Le voyage dans la lune: Je suis nerveuse, je suis fievreuse
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Jacques Offenbach
    Performer
    Jodie Devos
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Laurent Campellone