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Composer of the Week: Jacques Offenbach

on BBC Radio 3

(1819-1880)
Patrick O'Connor introduces a week of fun and frivolity with the master of the opéra-bouffe, each day featuring a different operetta from a different theatre.
Mesdames de la Halle
Romantic complications arise at Les Halles, the old fruit and vegetable market of Paris, when three of the formidable ladies who run stalls there all fall in love with the young kitchen boy. His girlfriend finds her long-lost father, but which of the three ladies is the mother?
Monte Carlo PO, conductor
Manuel Rosenthal
Producer Gautam Rangarajan

Contributors

Introduces:
Patrick O'Connor
Conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal
Producer:
Gautam Rangarajan
Ciboulette:
Mady Mesple
Croute-au-Pot:
Leonard Pezzino
Rafafla:
Charles Burles
Madame Poiretapee:
Michel Hamel
Madame Madou:
Michel Trempont
Madame Beurrefondu:
Jean-Philippe Lafont

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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