JENNIFER LARMORE

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Vert-Vert






VERT-VERT from Opera Rara is yet another example of the fine work of that company and their favorite Mezzo Jennifer Larmore!







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Cast
Mimi - Thora Einarsottir, Emma - Ann Taylor, Bathilde - Lucy Crowe, Valentin/Vert-Vert - Toby Spence, Binet - Mark Le Brocq, Le Comte d'Arlange - Mark Stone, Mademoiselle Paturelle - Anne-Marie Owens, Baladon - Franck Leguerinel, Chevalier de Bergerac - Loic Felix, La Corilla - Jennifer Larmore, Bellecour - Sebastien Droy, Friquet - Franck Lopez. Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry - conductor
About this recording
The word inexhaustible might have been coined to describe the prolific creativity of Jacques Offenbach, who effectively created the new genre of operetta in Paris in the mid-19th century.

Opera Rara's association with Offenbach's music goes back to the company's revival of his 1867 opera-comique, Robinson Crusoe (ORC7), and the creation of a new piece, Christopher Columbus (ORC2), with a libretto by Don White, drawing on a host of the composer's scores. In 2007, Opera Rara resumed its exploration of the huge output of  Mozart of the Champs-Elysses with Entre Nous: Celebrating Offenbach (ORR243), a collection of excerpts from more than 20 of the composer's lesser-known scores.

Now Opera Rara presents a complete recording of the delectable comic opera in 3 acts, Vert-Vert, which was the follow-up to Robinson Crusoe at the Opera Comique and one of five stage works Offenbach produced in 1869 alone. Toby Spence, who starred in ENO's scintillating La Belle Helene, takes the role of the charming young man nicknamed Vert-Vert after the deceased favourite parrot of the pupils at a girls' boarding-school and Jennifer Larmore is cast as the exotic singer, La Corilla. With a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Charles Nuitter, this witty, sophisticated and subtle work is sure to enchant all Offenbach fans.

The 2-disc set is accompanied by the most beautiful and informative booklet, which includes a complete libretto with English translation and background notes by distinguished writer and broadcaster, Patrick O'Connor.

Sound clip: Vert-Vert (Toby Spence) having arrived in Nevers is seduced by the actress La Corilla (Jennifer Larmore)


 

Jacques Offenbach Composer
Jacques Offenbach
David Parry Conductor
David Parry
The Philharmonia Orchestra Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Mark Stone Singer
Mark Stone
S�bastien Droy Singer
Sebastien Droy
Jennifer Larmore Singer
Jennifer Larmore
Mark Le Brocq Singer
Mark Le Brocq







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