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Artist: ADAM, ADOLPHE
Title: Si J'etais Roi (2CD)
Label:
Accord
Cat No
4762104
Comic Operain 3 Acts, with libretto by Adolphe Dennery & Jules Brésil.
LilianeBerton (Néméa), André Mallabrera (Zéphoris), René Bianco (Mossoul, King of Goa), Henri Medus (Kadoor), Pierre Heral (Zizel), Bernard Alvi (Piféar), Andrée Gabriel (Zélide), Paris Conservatoire Orchestra cond. RichardBlareau.
Apart fromhis masterpiece, the ballet 'Giselle', the virtuoso overture to 'Si j'étaisRoi' is one of very few pieces by Adolphe Adam which could claim to bewell-known nowadays - an injustice, as this 1960 recording of the complete workshows. Re-issued in ACCORD's 'Opérette'series, Adam's work is actually more a full-scale comic opera, beautifully presentedin this unique recording with a French cast under Richard Blareau.
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