Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
The graphics clarify the rather curious title of this release by French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa. This is a collection of arias for what are referred to in the English translation of the booklet notes by the rare term "travesty roles," but are better known as "pants roles." The main strength of the album is the program: Crebassa starts with some Mozart examples, not all of them terribly familiar, and moves forward through the Romantic era as far as Reynaldo Hahn. The album might even serve as an anthology of the pants role, and a college course devoted to gender and music could easily take this album and run with it. Crebassa finds some marvelously sensuous arias, such as one from Ambroise Thomas' Psyché (1857), which is little known outside France. Sample this aria to hear both the collection and Crebassa's rather sharp-edged voice at its best. She seems a bit mechanical in the Italian-language arias but often puts the French material across convincingly. The contributions of the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg under Marc Minkowski are a major plus, as is the engineering, executed on the orchestra's home ground. An offbeat choice, recommended for those who enjoy this rather intimate corner of the operatic repertory.
© TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From £10.83/month
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Hector Berlioz, Arranger - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Pierre-Louis Moline, Writer - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Giovanni de Gamerra, Poet
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Eugene Scribe, Writer - Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Emile Deschamps, Writer - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Jules Barbier, Poet - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Giovanni de Gamerra, Poet
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Poet - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Michel Carre, Writer - Jules Barbier, Writer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Ambroise Thomas, Composer - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Gounod, Composer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Jules Massenet, Composer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Henri Cain, Writer - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited
Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Paul de Musset, Poet
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Gounod, Composer - Michel Carre, Poet - Jules Barbier, Poet - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Giuseppe Petrosellini, Writer
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Albert Vanloo, Writer - Eugene Leterrier, Writer
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Poet - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Reynaldo Hahn, Composer - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Sacha Guitry, Writer
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Marc Minkowski, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestra - Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Christoph Zimper, Clarinet, FeaturedArtist
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
The graphics clarify the rather curious title of this release by French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa. This is a collection of arias for what are referred to in the English translation of the booklet notes by the rare term "travesty roles," but are better known as "pants roles." The main strength of the album is the program: Crebassa starts with some Mozart examples, not all of them terribly familiar, and moves forward through the Romantic era as far as Reynaldo Hahn. The album might even serve as an anthology of the pants role, and a college course devoted to gender and music could easily take this album and run with it. Crebassa finds some marvelously sensuous arias, such as one from Ambroise Thomas' Psyché (1857), which is little known outside France. Sample this aria to hear both the collection and Crebassa's rather sharp-edged voice at its best. She seems a bit mechanical in the Italian-language arias but often puts the French material across convincingly. The contributions of the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg under Marc Minkowski are a major plus, as is the engineering, executed on the orchestra's home ground. An offbeat choice, recommended for those who enjoy this rather intimate corner of the operatic repertory.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:29
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Marianne Crebassa
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Erato - Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.