Il etait une fois…
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.ALPHA244

By Caroline Meng, Jodie Devos, and Quatuor Giardini. By Chausson, Gioachino Rossini, Isouard, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet, Lune, Rille, Schmitt, Serpette, Severac, Silver, Tambour-Major, Toulmouche, and Viardot. Country of Origin: Austria. Classical. Listening CD (1 disc). Published by Alpha (NX.ALPHA244).

With the rise of Romanticism, the topics of opera changed from the mythological fantasy of Baroque operas to the fairytale fantasy which graced the French stage long before Romanticism reached other European nations. Initiated by the Palazzetto Bru Zane, this project is built like a universal fairytale, inspired by Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, and others, as set to music by French composers of the Romantic period, alternating between famous composers such as Offenbach and Rossini and little known masters like Viardot, Silver, and Isouard. This imaginary opera was conceived and transcribed by Alexandre Dratwicki for piano quartet and two singers- a soprano and a mezzo, the roles of which are performed here by Jodie Devos and Caroline Meng.

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