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Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Violette Polchi (Caprice), Sheva Tehoval (Fantasia), Matthieu Lecroart (V'Lam), Pierre Derhet (Quipasseparla), Raphael Bremard (Microscope), Thibaud Desplantes (Cosmos), Marie Lenormand (Popotte), Christophe Poncet de Solages (Cactus), Ludivine Gombert (Flamma / Adja)
Choeur et Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Pierre Dumoussaud
Jules Verne was the inspiration for Offenbach’s opéra-féerie, premiered in 1875. The Parisian craze for this type of musical extravaganza stemmed from its impressive stage effects: for Le Voyage dans la Lune, two ballets and some twenty sets took the audience from the Earth to the Moon, successively recreating the Paris Observatory, a working blast furnace and the crater of an erupting volcano. The piece is studded with zany characters and imaginary places: a lunar landscape, a glass palace, mother-of-pearl galleries, etc. The producers even borrowed a dromedary and an ostrich from the zoo at the Jardin d’Acclimatation! To accompany this theatrical display, Offenbach composed a series of colourful, picturesque hit numbers, wittily and energetically performed here by a team of enthusiastic soloists. The Chœur et Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie are placed under the subtle and precise direction of Pierre Dumoussaud.
August 2022
Sheva Tehoval is a magnificent Fantasia, with sweet tone and a formidable coloratura...But it’s Offenbach’s score that earns the biggest hand. Who else can push a simple melody around the orchestra with such ease and grace?
October 2022
Bru Zane seems to have a magic touch when it comes to taking forgotten scores and underrated regional ensembles and making them sound like a million francs. Offenbach, once again, gets the premium treatment he deserves.
SchallplattenkritikAutumn 2022
This recording once again refutes the preconception that Jacques Offenbach’s music lost its originality after the end of the second French Empire, the Belle Époque.
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