Posts Tagged 'Opéra comique'

The “La fille de Madame Angot” Disaster at Opéra Comique

The last time this wonderful operetta by Charles Lecocq was performed in Paris was in 1984, at the Châtelet. I

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, a young lady radio or TV ‘interviewer’ asked me: what was

On Screen

It’s back again: the performance of Reynaldo Hahn’s Ciboulette, filmed at Opéra Comique in February 2013, has been re-released on

Any solo album that starts off by knocking you on the head with the boisterous couplet of the animal trainer

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One cannot call them “reviews,” since I don’t read music, and a performance has to be either very good or

Would Brother Jacob have been amused? In any case, the Parisian Opéra-Comique (with a hyphen, meaning the actual opera house,

Daniel Defoe’s shipwrecked hero (1719) and his man Friday seem to have made their first appearance on the musical stage

Yes, it’s always a treat to hear Offenbach live, especially those works that are not part of the over-familiar group

Palazzetto Bru Zane has devoted its energy to the rediscovery of forgotten (French) operas, so far. But now, an opéra

On Screen

Did anyone ever wonder what happened to Rodolfo after Mimi’s death? Truth be told, I did not. At least not

Offenbach aficionados may rejoice. Here is the first complete recording of his opéra comique in 3 acts, 4 tableaux, Fantasio.

News

We bet you didn’t especially wait for a new production of Strauss’ Fledermaus, right? Well, the Opéra Comique is going