{"product_id":"auber-le-domino-noir-gustave-iii-london-voices-eco-richard-bonynge","title":"Auber: Le Domino Noir; Gustave III - LONDON VOICES \/ ECO \/ RICHARD BONYNGE (2 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough scholarship, performance and recording, Richard Bonynge has done more than any other modern-day musician to advance the cause of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, the foremost composer of opéra-comique in nineteenth-century Paris. What he wrote was ‘Simple, joyous and unsophisticated music,’ according to Bonynge: this is his sole recording of a complete opera by Auber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Le Domino Noir’ is a tale of amorous intrigue in royal Madrid, set in the theatrically promising context of a masked ball and a convent. Drama and libretto were fashioned by Eugène Scribe who later worked with Rossini, Bellini, Verdi and many others but he formed an especially long-lasting and fruitful partnership with Auber. This is one of their joint masterpieces: the embodiment in music and drama of the witty, polished and worldly Parisian life of the time. The music sparkles; it has lightness and facility; it is essentially graceful and elegant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen it was first released in 1995, this Decca recording was universally welcomed as a significant marker in the revival of Auber’s reputation: he was writing for singers of virtuoso technique with a lightness and grace that is not commonly found in our own time but Bonynge assembled a cast which was more than equal to the challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the booklet notes, Jeremy Commons sets ‘Le Domino Noir’ in the context of Auber’s long career and his happy partnership with Scribe. There is also a synopsis and a performance note in which Bonynge explains his decisions to cut and reshape the dialogue and to elaborate some of the vocal lines after the common practice of Auber’s day. A complementary issue on Eloquence (482 7730) surveys Bonynge’s quarter-century of Auber on record in arias, overtures and ballet music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePENGUIN ROSETTE AWARD *** ‘\u003cem\u003eBonynge makes the ideal advocate, moulding melodies, springing rhythms and aerating textures to make the music sparkle from first to last. … The recording is among Decca’s most vivid.’\u003c\/em\u003e The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music, 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eSumi Jo is an Angèle with the agility to handle fancy ornamentation and a range that reaches the stratosphere of high D. Bruce Ford handles the high tessitura of his part with little apparent strain and makes a good sound. The rest of the cast … are equal to the vocal and dramatic demands of their roles.’\u003c\/em\u003e Fanfare, May\/June 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A winner, for the excellent performance and for Auber’s delightful score … The playing of the ECO under Bonynge is a constant pleasure as well as a revelation … Sumi Jo is an admirable Angele, her voice warm, supple and untiring throughout the long and taxing role… On no account miss ‘Le Domino Noir.’\u003c\/em\u003e Opera, March 1996\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDANIEL-FRANÇOIS-ESPRIT AUBER\u003cbr\u003eLe Domino noir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAngèle d’Olivarès – Sumi Jo\u003cbr\u003eBrigitte de San Lucar – Isabelle Vernet\u003cbr\u003eHorace de Massarena – Bruce Ford\u003cbr\u003eCount Juliano – Patrick Power\u003cbr\u003eJacinthe – Martine Olmeda\u003cbr\u003eGil Perez – Jules Bastin\u003cbr\u003eUrsule – Doris Lamprecht\u003cbr\u003eLa tourière – Jocelyne Taillon\u003cbr\u003eLord Elfort – Gilles Cachemaille\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGustave III, ou le Bal masqué – Ballet Music\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon Voices\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Chamber Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eRichard Bonynge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DECCA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46667864604922,"sku":"028948277421","price":7.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/4827742_AuberLeDominoNoir_Bonynge_proxy_JPEG-High-Res.jpg?v=1726691760","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/auber-le-domino-noir-gustave-iii-london-voices-eco-richard-bonynge","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}