Carmosine (Février) Acte III - Scène et Complainte de Minuccio (Maurane, dir. Aubin)

Carmosine, Conte romanesque en 4 actes de Henri Cain et Louis Payen d'après Boccace et Musset, musique d'Henry Février (créé le 24 février 1913 au Théâtre lyrique de la Gaité)
La reine : Berthe Monmart (Soprano, 1921 - 1997)
Le roi : André Pactat (Basse, ? - ?)
Minuccio : Camille Maurane (Baryton, 1911 - 2010)
Carmosine : Nadine Sautereau (Soprano, 1923 - 2022)
Chœur et Orchestre de la RTF
Direction Tony Aubin (1907 - 1981)
1954
Scène
02:34 Complainte de Minuccio

[@griselidis1]

Lovely lyrical singing from Maurane in what sounds like a rather old-fashioned opera.

[@erlangerleretour3964]

This opera has some very beautiful pages (the 2nd act's prelude really is gorgeous, and this extract might not be the most representativ of the whole thing). It is true that the style is rather different from Monna Vanna or Blanchefleur.

[@griselidis1]

@@erlangerleretour3964 Are you following the Bru Zane series of French operas? How about the new recording of Saint-Saens's "Dejanire"? Dramatic, perhaps, but the singing is surely too often effortful and lacking in style.

[@erlangerleretour3964]

@@griselidis1 Yes, I follow carefully their publications. I rather liked Déjanire but there were less really memorable pages than in other operas of Saint-Saëns, such as Henry VIII or Etienne-Marcel. The voices may not have been the same caliber as Litvinne's or Muratore's but I was not bothered by it, and the singer's diction was admirable. I am not a fan of Aldrich's voice but I am still grateful she is tackling this forgotten repertoire.

[@griselidis1]

@@erlangerleretour3964 I think Henri VIII is the greatest unsung opera I know ( along with D'Albert's "Die Toten Augen"....do you know that? ) The trouble is you spoil us with all these wonderful voices from a golden age!