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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
black comedy rossinian style,
By Michel (Montreal, Quebec) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Auber: Fra Diavolo (Audio CD)
Fra Diavolo is based on a true character although the plot ofthis opera is totally ficticious - it is a black comedy about a highway robber - the music is rossinian in style with florid arias and many group ensembles with every singer pattering at the same time but recitatives are replaced by spoken-dialogues as is the custom in french opéra-comique. It takes a first-class cast to pull it off and that is what we get here although most soloists are in their twillight years. Nicolai Gedda at 58 re- mains amazingly suave and dexterous as Diavolo - Mady Mesplé (52) is charmingly girlish and very agile - Jane Berbié (52) and Rémy Corazza (50) are delighfully funny as an english cou- ple recently robbed - the rest of the cast is excellent. It is well conducted and recorded - it comes on two super-bargain CDs with a synopsis but no libretto which may be a drawback for non french-speaking people - otherwise it is highly recommandable. |
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Auber: Fra Diavolo by Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (Audio CD - 2002)
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