Composer(s): David, Félicien
Conductor(s): Brown, Ryan
Label: Naxos
Series: Opera Classics
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.660338-39
Barcode: 730099033879
Release Date: 03/2014

DAVID, F.: Lalla Roukh [Opéra-comique] (Fiset, Gonzalez Toro, Paulin, Deletré, Newman, Adelsberger, Opera Lafayette, R. Brown)

French opera owes much of its obsession with exoticism to the pivotal figure of Félicien David, a pioneer of ‘musical Orientalism’. His opera Lalla Roukh, first performed to huge acclaim in 1862, was the catalyst for the explosion in operas set in the ‘Exotic East’. The fairy-tale plot revolves around an Indian princess who travels to Bukhara (part of modern Uzbekistan) to meet the man to whom she is to be given in marriage. Along the way she falls in love with the minstrel Noureddin who is, in fact, the King of Bukhara in disguise. David’s evocative and magical orchestration is harnessed to memorable melodies, including Lalla Roukh’s deftly harmonised arias ‘Sous le feuillage sombre’ and ‘O nuit d’amour’.

Tracklist

Disc 1
David, Félicien
Lucas, Hippolyte - Lyricist
Carré, Michel - Lyricist
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Newman, David (baritone)
Adelsberger, Andrew (bass-baritone)
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Paulin, Nathalie (soprano)
1Ouverture09:15
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
2Act I Scenes 1-3: Scene et Choeur: C'est ici le pays des roses (Chorus, Bakbara, Kaboul, Noureddin, Baskir)08:22
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Newman, David (baritone)
Adelsberger, Andrew (bass-baritone)
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
3Act I Scene 5: Melodie: Sous le feuillage sombre (Lalla Roukh)03:41
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
4Act I Scene 6: Couplets: De pres ou de loin (Baskir)01:43
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
5Act I Scene 7: Choeur: Voici le repas du soir (Chorus)02:33
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
6Act I Scene 7: Ballet: La nuit tombe (Chorus)04:59
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
7Act I Scene 7: Choeur danse: Bayaderes plus legeres (Chorus)03:06
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
8Act I Scene 8: Scene, Dieu, c'est lui! Quatuor, Je n'ose lever les yeux (Lalla Roukh, Baskir, Mirza, Noureddin, Chorus)04:12
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Paulin, Nathalie (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
9Act I Scene 8: Romance: Ma maitresse a quitte la tente, Scene, et Reprise du Choeur (Noureddin, Baskir, Lalla Roukh, Mirza, Chorus)06:53
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Paulin, Nathalie (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
10Act I Scene 10: Couplets: Si vous ne savez plus charmer (Mirza)03:02
Paulin, Nathalie (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
11Act I Scene 12: Duo, La nuit en deployant ses ailes (Lalla Roukh, Noureddin)06:37
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
12Act I Scene 12: Ballade, Lorsque l'etoile du ciel sans voile, Duo (Noureddin, Lalla Roukh)03:24
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
13Act I Scene 13: Ronde de Nuit et Final du 1er Acte, La nuit au manteau sombre (Chorus, Bakbara, Kaboul, Baskir, Lalla Roukh, Mirza)06:16
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Paulin, Nathalie (soprano)
Newman, David (baritone)
Adelsberger, Andrew (bass-baritone)
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
Disc 2
1Act II Scene 1: Entr'acte02:40
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
2Act II Scene 1: Recitatif: Enfin…Air, O nuit d'amour (Lalla Roukh)07:14
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
3Act II Scene 2: Duettino, Loin du bruit, loin du monde (Lalla Roukh, Mirza)05:10
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Paulin, Nathalie (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
4Act II Scene 4: Choeur: Ces joyaux, ces parures (Chorus, Lalla Roukh, Baskir, Mirza)04:04
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Paulin, Nathalie (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
5Act II Scene 6: Couplets: Ah! funeste ambassade (Baskir)02:38
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
6Act II Scene 8: Barcarolle et Ensemble: O! ma maitresse (Noureddin, Baskir, Bakbara, Kaboul, Mirza)03:57
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Paulin, Nathalie (soprano)
Newman, David (baritone)
Adelsberger, Andrew (bass-baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
7Act II Scene 9: Duo bouffe: Tout ira bien demain (Noureddin, Baskir)04:49
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
8Act II Scene 10: Romance: Fuyez, fuyez (Noureddin)03:08
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
9Act II Scene 10: Duo: Non, non, le ciel lui-meme (Lalla Roukh, Noureddin)02:48
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
10Act II Scene 12: Marche et Final: Gloire, honneur (Chorus, Baskir, Lalla Roukh, Mirza, Noureddin)06:29
Fiset, Marianne (soprano)
Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano (tenor)
Deletre, Bernard (bass-baritone)
Paulin, Nathalie (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)

Total Playing Time: 01:47:00