With Donald Macleod.
In the Place du Chatelet in Paris stands what was once known as the Theatre-Lyrique.
The company formed here in 1851 was one of the most important rivals to the two state-subsidised opera companies, the Opera and the Opera Comique. Today
Donald Macleod visits this historic theatre, now known as the Theatre de la Ville.
Au Fond du Temple Saint (Les Pecheurs de Perles, Act 1) John Aler (tenor) Gino
Quitico (baritone) Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson
Me voila Seule dans la Nuit.... Comme Autrefois dans la Nuit ('Les Pecheurs de Perles, Act 2) Martha Angelici (soprano). Orchestra of the National Theatre of the Opera Comique, conductor Andre Cluytens Je Fremis, Je Chancelle.... Entends au Loin Ce Bruit de Fete ('Les Pecheurs de
Perles, Act 3) Ileana Contrubas (soprano), Guillermo Sarabia (baritone) Roger Soyer (bass). Paris Opera Orchestra. conductor Georges Pretre
Serenade (la Jolie Fille du Perth, Act 2,) Heddie Nash (tenor)
Tra La La!... Quand la Flamme (La jolie fille du Perth, Act 2.) Jose van Dam (bass), New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre
Nuit d'Amour et Fole Ivresse (La Jolie Fille du Perth, Act 3) June Anderson (soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Gino Quitico
(baritone), Gabriel Bacquier (bass), Radio France Chorus. New Philharmonia
Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre