As it turned out, though, L'Etoile was a leading indicator of
Chabrier's terrible luck.
In Le roi malgre dui, the opera by Saint-Saens' contemporary Emmanuel
Chabrier, she will sing Minka.
The best works of the complex and underappreciated composer Emmanuel Ghabrier, for example, are his most French, and while at least some operas of the non-Wagnerians Charles Gounod and Jules Massenet still hold their place in the repertoire,
Chabrier's Gwendoline, Ernest Chausson's Le roi Arius, and Cesar Franck's Hulda (such a title!) rarely make an appearance.
Ever delightful Goldie as compare could have delivered musical pronunciations more convincingly, however his genuine enthusiasms led into the Hansel and Gretel Overture although The National Children's Orchestra of under14s found
Chabrier's Espana a tough challenge.
At St Paul's the duo will be playing Poulenc's Sonata, the Debussy Petite Suite and Espana by
Chabrier.
Emmanuel
Chabrier is known to us for his orchestral piece Espaa but now we have Felicity Lott singing it, in
Chabrier's own arrangement, it's part of a two disc set in the Hyperion French Song edition, in which she is joined by Stephen Varcoe and William Burden.
Camera (color, widescreen), Noe; lighting, Benoit Debie; music, Thomas Bangalter, Ludwig Van Beethoven; art director, Alain Juteau; sound (Dolby), Jeanluc Audy, Mac Boucrot, Valerie Deloof, Cyril Holtz; special effects, Rodolphe
Chabrier. Reviewed at Cannes Film Festival, (competing), May 23, 2002.
Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espanol receives glorious sonics to match the top notch performances of the LSO players, as does
Chabrier's Espana.
She sang Laoula in
Chabrier's L'etoile there in 2005, then Puccini's Suor Angelica in 2006.