Auber: Fra Diavolo
Facts
| Studio | Angel Records |
| Release Date | October 21, 2002 |
| UPC Code | 724357525121 |
Tracks
Disc 1- Ouverture
- Act 1. No. 1. Introduction. En bons militaires
- Act 1. No. 2. Couplets. Je voudrais bien
- Act 1. No. 3. Quintette. Un landau qui s'arrête
- Act 1. No. 4. Couplets. Voyez sur cette roche
- Act 1. No. 5. Trio. Oui, je vais commander le punch
- Act 1. No. 6. Finale. Ecoutez! Ecoutez! Quelle est donc cette marche
- Act 2. No. 7. Air. Ne craignez rien Milford...Quel bonheur, je respire
- Act 2. No. 8. Trio. Allons ma femme, allons dormir
- Act 2. No. 9. Barcarolle. Agnès la jouvencelle
- Act 2. No. 10. Air & scène. Oui, c'est demain qu'enfin l'on nous marie
- Act 2. No. 11. Finale. N'était-il pas prudent de reconnaître ce qui se passe là-bas
- Act 3. Entracte
- Act 3. No. 12. Air. J'ai revu nos amis
- Act 3. No. 13. C'est grande fête
- Act 3. No. 14. Romance. Pour toujours, disait-elle
- Act 3. No. 15. Finale. Allons, allons, mon Capitaine
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User Reviews
Average user review:| black comedy rossinian style |
this opera is totally ficticious - it is a black comedy about
a highway robber - the music is rossinian in style with florid
arias and many group ensembles with every singer pattering at
the same time but recitatives are replaced by spoken-dialogues
as is the custom in french opéra-comique. It takes a first-class
cast to pull it off and that is what we get here although most
soloists are in their twillight years. Nicolai Gedda at 58 re-
mains amazingly suave and dexterous as Diavolo - Mady Mesplé
(52) is charmingly girlish and very agile - Jane Berbié (52)
and Rémy Corazza (50) are delighfully funny as an english cou-
ple recently robbed - the rest of the cast is excellent. It is
well conducted and recorded - it comes on two super-bargain CDs
with a synopsis but no libretto which may be a drawback for non
french-speaking people - otherwise it is highly recommandable. March 29, 2003
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