Offenbach is off the chart in this gift of a recording

Offenbach is off the chart in this gift of a recording

'Jodie Devos is a gravity-defying coloratura soprano who would have thrilled the composer; and she’s certainly not the proverbial canary’

 

Offenbach Colorature
Songs and arias from Boule de neige, Vert-vert, Orphée aux enfers, Un mari à la porte, Fantasio, Les Bavards, Mesdames de la halle, Le Roi Carotte, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Robinson Crusoë and Le Voyage dans la lune
Jodie Devos (soprano), Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano); Munich adio Orchestra/ Laurent Campellone
Alpha Classics ALPHA 437 60:59 mins

Freya Parr

Published: April 8, 2019 at 10:35 am

'Jodie Devos is a gravity-defying coloratura soprano who would have thrilled the composer; and she’s certainly not the proverbial canary’

Offenbach Colorature Songs and arias from Boule de neige, Vert-vert, Orphée aux enfers, Un mari à la porte, Fantasio, Les Bavards, Mesdames de la halle, Le Roi Carotte, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Robinson Crusoë and Le Voyage dans la lune Jodie Devos (soprano), Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano); Munich adio Orchestra/ Laurent Campellone Alpha Classics ALPHA 437 60:59 mins

Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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