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Composer of the Week: Chabrier

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Donald Macleod introduces excerpts from Chabrier's operetta L 'Etoile, described by Reynaldo Hahn as "the perfect pearl of French operetta".

Ouverture Lyons Opera Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Romance de I'Etoile (Act 1) Denise Duval (soprano), Francis Poulenc (piano)
Act (excerpts): Act 3 (excerpts) Cast includes: Ghyslaine Raphanel and Collete Alliot-Lugaz (sopranos), Georges Gautier (tenor), Gabriel Baquier and Francois Le Roux (baritones), Lyon Opera Choir and Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Act 2 (excerpts) Fanely Revoil (mezzo), Lucie Thelin (soprano), Choir and Orchestra of the Opera-Comique, conductor Roger Desormiere

Contributors

Introduces:
Donald MacIeod
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Soprano:
Denise Duval
Pianist:
Francis Poulenc
Soprano:
Ghyslaine Raphanel
Tenor:
Georges Gautier
Baritone:
Gabriel Baquier
Baritone:
Francois Le Roux
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor:
Roger Desormiere
Source: Radio Times

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