Offenbach: Maitre Peronilla (complete operetta)

 
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Maitre Peronilla (complete operetta)
Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Markus Poschner, Antoinette Dennefeld, Tassis Christoyannis, Véronique Gens / Orchestre National de France

[ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book ]

Release Date: Friday 28 February 2020

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There is more Spain in Offenbach's brain than in Spain itself', said a journalist entranced by Maître Péronilla. Understandably so, given the charm and humour of this operetta in which no fewer than twenty-two characters are kept busy unravelling a preposterously complicated love story. And the libretto is all the better for having been penned by the composer himself.

Castanets, tambourines and triangle merrily punctuate one of Offenbach's last scores, which multiplies impressive vocal ensembles while not renouncing intimate numbers of great poetry. Our world premiere recording features specialists of this repertory such as Éric Huchet and Loïc Félix, but also opera singers more unexpected in this context - including Véronique Gens - who audibly delight in letting their hair down in such joyful company, ably supported by the talents of the Orchestre National de France and the Choeur de Radio France.

"Offenbach deftly plays to the 19th-century French passion for all things Iberian with Spanish accents in the orchestration…A strong cast includes Véronique Gens as the wicked sister Leona who sings a splendidly fruity version of her 'Ballade de la belle Espagnole'…Markus Poschner conducting the Orchestre National de France and the French Radio Choir encourages the bubbles to rise to the surface in a never-ending stream." BBC Music Magazine May 2020 Opera Choice

"Written in 1878, this is vintage Offenbach with a Spanish accent, sung delightfully by stylists such as Véronique Gens, Eric Huchet, Antoinette Dennefeld and Anaïs Constans. Markus Poschner conducts with vivacious Hispanic elan." Sunday Times

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