A number of rare
operetta recording come from an Operette
series of re-releases from Universal
France. Max de Rieux initiated this
series of recordings in the 1950s
and 1960s to provide a testament to
a forgotten age. A few of the
recordings make use of the soloists
who had originally created the parts.
This Operette series on the Accord
(Universal) label is amongst
a series of 20 Musidisc sets that
were previously released as LPs and
until now have been lost from the
catalogue. A matching format of presentation
is used throughout the series with
smart 'themed' card cases and short
booklet containing a composer biography
and synopsis.
In the series
are some titles that are not generally
known outside France, and offer something
that is both fresh and appealing:
in Lecocq's Le Petit Duc, Maillart's
Les Dragons de Villars, and
Offenbach's La Grande Duchesse
we have utterly charming operettas
(opéra-bouffe and opéra comique).
Some are almost complete while others
are abridged for mastering to 4 LP
sides. The quality of performances
vary but are generally on the good
side and compete well with some of
the later recorded EMI France titles.
Operette
series from Universal Accord (UK
distributor: Discovery)
| Audran,
La Mascotte [465
877-2] |
| Benatzky, L'Auberge du Cheval
Blanc [465
880-2] |
| Christiné Phi-Phi [465
886-2]; Dédé
[461
961-2 ] |
| Dumas,
Ignace [472
877-2] |
| Ganne, Les Saltimbanques
[465
868-2] |
| Goublier, La Cocarde de Mimi
Pinson [461
964-2] |
| Lecocq, La Fille de Madame Angot
[465
883-2] Le Petit Duc [472
874-2] |
| Lehar,
Paganini [472
868-2] Rose de Noel [472
871-2] |
| Maillart, Les Dragons de Villars
[472
865-2] |
| Messager, Véronique [465
864-2] |
| Offenbach, La Belle Hélène
[461
954-2]; La Fille du Tambour
Major [461
673-2]; La Grande Duchesse
de Gérolstein [465
871-2] |
| Planquette, Les Cloches de Corneville
[465
861-2] |
| Strauss, Trois Valses [461
958-2] |
| Varney, Les Mousquetaires au
Couvent [465
874-2] |
| Yvain, Là-Haut [461
967-2] |
| |
Raymond
Walker
Further
reading: "Operetta",
Traubner (Routledge 2003); "Le Théâtre
des Années folles" (Editions
du Milieu, Geneva 1943)
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