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A grasshopper, a milkmaid’s pail, a shepherd, a fox, a country mouse, a cobbler... These are just some of the diverse and varied characters from the famous Fables that Jacques Offenbach decided to set to music in 1842, some 150 years after they were written by Jean de La Fontaine. With their vivid texts featuring talking animals and stock characters, the Fables offered an allegorical and didactic way of alluding to the court and the mores of the time. Offenbach chose six of the 240 Fables of La Fontaine to set as mélodies. Here the conductor Jean-Pierre Haeck presents them in his own orchestration performed by the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen and the mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes, who excels in this repertory. To complete the programme, the singer performs numbers from Offenbach’s opéra-bouffe Boule-de-neige and the orchestra plays movements from the ballet Le Papillon, offering listeners a recording as refined as it is witty. © Alpha Classics
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Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Boule de neige (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Charles Nuitter, Lyricist - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Etienne Trefeu, Lyricist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Six fables de la Fontaine (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Jean de la Fontaine, Lyricist - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Jean de la Fontaine, Lyricist - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Jean de la Fontaine, Lyricist - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Jean de la Fontaine, Lyricist - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Jean de la Fontaine, Lyricist - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Jean de la Fontaine, Lyricist - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Charles Nuitter, Lyricist - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Pierre Haeck, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie, MainArtist
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
Album review
A grasshopper, a milkmaid’s pail, a shepherd, a fox, a country mouse, a cobbler... These are just some of the diverse and varied characters from the famous Fables that Jacques Offenbach decided to set to music in 1842, some 150 years after they were written by Jean de La Fontaine. With their vivid texts featuring talking animals and stock characters, the Fables offered an allegorical and didactic way of alluding to the court and the mores of the time. Offenbach chose six of the 240 Fables of La Fontaine to set as mélodies. Here the conductor Jean-Pierre Haeck presents them in his own orchestration performed by the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen and the mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes, who excels in this repertory. To complete the programme, the singer performs numbers from Offenbach’s opéra-bouffe Boule-de-neige and the orchestra plays movements from the ballet Le Papillon, offering listeners a recording as refined as it is witty. © Alpha Classics
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:33
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie Jean-Pierre Haeck Karine Deshayes
- Composer: Jacques Offenbach
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music 2019 Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music
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