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The elegant Jodie Devos puts her talents to work in service of a fairly unknown known side of Offenbach, taking on several somewhat-forgotten pieces which call for very specific voices, known in Offenbach’s day by names such as "chanteuse d’agilité", "chanteuse à roulade" or "première chanteuse légère". Of course, everyone knows the tune of the doll Olympia from Tales of Hoffmann, or the telling of the death of Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, but the substantial repertoire of the composer's smaller pieces (which he generally referred to as "operettas" to distinguish them from his larger works, his famous opéras bouffe) contains a number of virtuoso arias for coloratura soprano. In them, we hear the vocal imitation of the jeu perlé piano technique or of Paganini's "flying staccato", in which unstinting bravura hides the real difficulty behind something apparently easy. But the difference from many bel canto composers, who merely show off vocals and melody, is that Offenbach knows how to charge these things with emotion, with textual significance, with personality, and with contrasts: simple mechanics never take precedence over diversity. This record allows us to discover a neat little collection of sadly little-known works which are well overdue a return to the French stage. © SM/Qobuz
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Boule de neige (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Vert-Vert (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Orphée aux Enfers (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Un mari à la porte (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Fantasio (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Les Bavards (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Mesdames de la Halle (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Le Roi Carotte (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Les Bergers (Jacques Offenbach)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Fantasio (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Robinson Crusoe (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Boule de neige (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Adèle Charvet, Mezzo-Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Le voyage dans la lune (Jacques Offenbach)
Jodie Devos, Soprano - Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Laurent Campellone, Conductor - Jacques Offenbach, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Album review
The elegant Jodie Devos puts her talents to work in service of a fairly unknown known side of Offenbach, taking on several somewhat-forgotten pieces which call for very specific voices, known in Offenbach’s day by names such as "chanteuse d’agilité", "chanteuse à roulade" or "première chanteuse légère". Of course, everyone knows the tune of the doll Olympia from Tales of Hoffmann, or the telling of the death of Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, but the substantial repertoire of the composer's smaller pieces (which he generally referred to as "operettas" to distinguish them from his larger works, his famous opéras bouffe) contains a number of virtuoso arias for coloratura soprano. In them, we hear the vocal imitation of the jeu perlé piano technique or of Paganini's "flying staccato", in which unstinting bravura hides the real difficulty behind something apparently easy. But the difference from many bel canto composers, who merely show off vocals and melody, is that Offenbach knows how to charge these things with emotion, with textual significance, with personality, and with contrasts: simple mechanics never take precedence over diversity. This record allows us to discover a neat little collection of sadly little-known works which are well overdue a return to the French stage. © SM/Qobuz
Details of original recording : Recorded July 2018 at Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 1 (Munich)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:51
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Jodie Devos Münchner Rundfunkorchester Laurent Campellone
- Composer: Jacques Offenbach
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Romantic Music
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2018 Palazetto Bru Zane & BR-Klassik & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
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