This is a list of recordings of La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The work was first performed in Paris on 12 April 1867.
The following recordings are in French unless otherwise indicated.
Recordings
| Year | Cast (Grand Duchess, Fritz, Prince Paul, General Boum, Wanda) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Eugenia Zareska André Dran Jean Mollien John Riley Gisèle Prévet |
René Leibowitz Pasdeloup Orchestra Choeur Lyrique de Paris |
LP: Urania Cat: 5115 CD: Preiser Records Cat: 90591 |
| 1959 | Jennie Tourel André Turp Louis Quilico Martial Singher Laurel Hurley |
Arnold Gamson American Opera Society (recorded at Carnegie Hall in Nov) |
LP: Unique Opera Records Cat: 241 |
| 1966 | Suzanne Lafaye Jean Aubert Christian Hasse Henri Bédex Michèle Raynaud |
Jean-Claude Hartemann Monthabor orchestra & chorus |
CD: Accord Cat: 465 871-2 |
| 1967 | Éliane Lublin Raymond Amade Christos Grigoriou Jean-Christophe Benoît |
Jean-Pierre Marty Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire |
LP: Pathé Cat: 130568 |
| 1972 | Huguette Tourangeau John Walker Richard Stilwell Donald Gramm Susan Belling |
John Crosby The Santa Fe Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded on 22 July; sung in English) |
CD: EMI Cat: 7 63415-2. |
| 1976 | Régine Crespin Alain Vanzo Charles Burles Robert Massard Mady Mesplé |
Michel Plasson Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse |
CD: Sony Cat: SM2K 62583 |
| 1984 | Enriqueta Tarrés Adolf Dallapozza Josef Protschka Alexander Malta Saskia Gerritsen |
Pinchas Steinberg WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne WDR Rundfunkchor Köln (sung in German) |
CD: EMI Cat: 66373 |
| 1996 | Lucia Valentini Terrani Carlo Allemano Richard Plaza Etienne Ligot Carla Di Censo |
Emmanuel Villaume Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Opera Bratislava Chamber chorus |
CD: Dynamic Cat: 173/1-2 |
| 2005 | Felicity Lott Yann Beuron Éric Huchet François Le Roux Sandrine Piau |
Marc Minkowski Les Musiciens du Louvre (recorded at Théâtre du Châtelet in Dec) |
CD: Virgin Classics Cat: 0724354573422 DVD: Virgin Classics Cat: 0094631023996 |
References
Notes
- Recordings of La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk, accessed 20 June 2011
- March, Ivan & Alan Livesey, eds., with Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton, and Paul Czajkowski (2007). The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music, Revised 2008 Edition, pp 942–943. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-103336-5
- WorldCat Virgin Classics DVD 2005 accessed 2 October 2015.
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