Once Upon a Time...
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Label: Alpha
Cat No: ALPHA244
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 19th August 2016
Contents
Works
Piano Quartet in A major, op.30La Belle au bois dormant
Artists
Jodie Devos (soprano)Caroline Meng (mezzo-soprano)
Quatuor Giardini
Works
Piano Quartet in A major, op.30La Belle au bois dormant
Artists
Jodie Devos (soprano)Caroline Meng (mezzo-soprano)
Quatuor Giardini
About
This project, initiated by the Palazzetto Bru Zane, is constructed like a ‘universal’ fairytale inspired by Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, Hop-o’-My-Thumb and others, as set to music by French composers of the Romantic era. It alternates between famous composers (Offenbach, Massenet, Chausson ... and Rossini, here sung in French) and others who are still little-known (Viardot, Silver, Serpette, De Rillé, Isouard).
Conceived by Alexandre Dratwicki and transcribed by him for piano quartet and two singers, a soprano and a mezzo, this imaginary opera is splendidly performed by Jodie Devos and Caroline Meng – who, at one point in the story, having sung a queen, dons breeches to play a prince. For her part, the soprano, who ends up as the winsome princess of Massenet and Offenbach, must first endure the torments of uncertain love.
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