How better to celebrate this French holiday than with the sparkling and effervescent music of Jacques Offenbach? Celebrants include Beverly Sills, Richard Tauber, Joan Sutherland, Jussi Björling, and more.
A Program For Bastille Day
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Playlist
“Medley” from La Périchole by Jacques Offenbach
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
(Boston 1956. RCA VICTOR 09026‐61429‐2)
“Ah! quel diner” from La Périchole by Jacques Offenbach
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
(Paris 2001. DGG 289 471 501‐2)
“Au mont Ida” from La belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach
Jussi Björling, tenor; Orchestra; Nils Grevillius, conductor
(Stockholm 1938. EMI 5 66309 2)
“J’ai De L’or” from La Vie parisienne by Jacques Offenbach
Jean-Christophe Benoît, baritone; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Michel Plasson, conductor
(Toulouse 1976. EMI 9 72652 2)
“Galop” from Geneviève de Brabant by Jacques Offenbach
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
(Boston 1956. RCA VICTOR 09026‐61429‐2)
“The Doll Song” from The Tales of Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach
Beverly Sills, soprano; John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Julius Rudel, conductor
(London 1972. DGG 289 471 768‐2)
“Legend of Kleinzach” from The Tales of Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach
Richard Tauber, tenor; Chorus and the Berlin Staatskapelle; Ernst Hauke, conductor
(Berlin 1928. EMI 6 98543 2)
“Barcarolle” from The Tales of Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach
Joan Sutherland, soprano; Huguette Tourangeau, mezzo-soprano; Chorus and the Orchestra of the Suisse Romande; Richard Bonynge, conductor
(Lausanne 1971. LONDON 421 314‐2)
