MUSIC

RICHARD OSBORNE

LA VIE PARISIENNE GRISÉLIDIS Just when we thought the golden age of studio-made opera recording was over, an elite Swiss-based foundation gave us Bru Zane – the editorial and recording wing of the Centre de Musique Romantique Française. Since its launch in 2009, it's produced no fewer than 42 recordings of rare and not so rare French operas written between 1780 and 1920. Loyal collectors will be familiar with Bru Zane's distinctive demy octavo 200-page hardbacks, with their snugly encased CDs, texts, translations, scholarly essays – and pairs of silk marker ribbons. The two newest releases are among the finest yet. Offenbach's uproarious take on 1860s Paris, La Vie parisienne, where louche residents fleece gullible tourists as they flock to the fleshpots of the newly designated 'Gay Paree', has simply…

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The Oldie (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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