Offenbach: Fantasio Sarah Connolly, Brenda Rae, Russell Braun, Brindley Sherratt, Neal Davies, Robert Murray, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Mark Elder

• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880): Fantasio, Act 1:
• 1Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: Overture07:10
• 2Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Vive le roi!" (Il Cancelliere del Castello, Sparck, Hartmann, Facio)04:06
• 3Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: Fanfare00:06
• 4Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Mes amis, je vous ai annonce les..."01:02
• 5Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Vive le roi! Vive le roi!" (Il Cancelliere del Castello)01:00
• 6Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Ou diable est donc Fantasio?" (Marinoni, Sparck, Facio, Hartmann)01:07
• 7Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Voyez dans la nuit brune" (Fantasio)03:22
• 8Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Eh bien, que ferons-nous de" (Facio, Hartmann, Fantasio, Sparck, Flamel)01:30
• 9Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Voilà toute la ville en fête" (La princesse Elsbeth)05:29
• 10Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Quel murmure charmant soudain" (Fantasio, La princesse Elsbeth)04:38
• 11Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Quel astre contemples-tu là?" (Sparck, Fantasio)00:04
• 12Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Vois comme ce clair de lune est" (Fantasio, Sparck)01:14
• 13Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Ô Saint-Jean! Ta joyeuse face" (Fantasio, Sparck, Il Cancelliere del Castello)03:52
• 14Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Que je prenne la place de Saint-Jean" (Fantasio, Sparck, Le prince de Mantoue, Marinoni)01:51
• 15Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Je médite un projet d'importance" (Le prince de Mantoue, Marinoni)03:16
• 16Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Une seule chose me paraît s'opposer" (Marinoni, Le prince de Mantoue)00:45
• 17Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 1: "Tout bruit cesse" (Il Cancelliere del Castello, Hartmann, Fantasio, Sparck, Facio, Milio)10:32
• Fantasio, Act 2:
• 18Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: Entr'acte02:55
• 19Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "Quand l'ombre des arbres" (Il Cancelliere del Castello, Flamel, La princesse Elsbeth)09:01
• 20Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "Je me sens, malgré tout" (La princesse Elsbeth, Flamel)00:50
• 21Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "Oui, c'est bien lui, chère princesse!" (Flamel, Marinoni, La princesse Elsbeth, Le Roi de Baviere, Le prince de Mantoue)02:51
• 22Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "Permettez-moi de baiser cette main" (Marinoni, La princesse Elsbeth, Le Roi de Baviere, Le prince de Mantoue)02:08
• 23Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "Je ne serai donc jamais, non jamais" (Le prince de Mantoue)03:38
• 24Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "Aurait-elle un coeur dur et faux?" (Le prince de Mantoue)00:51
• 25Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "Quel métier délicieux quel celui" (Fantasio)01:02
• 26Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "C'est le nouveau bouffon de roi" (Fantasio, La princesse Elsbeth)02:49
• 27Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "Tu me fais l'effet de regarder" (Fantasio, La princesse Elsbeth)01:12
• 28Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "Je n'ai donc rien de plus" (La princesse Elsbeth, Fantasio)05:00
• 29Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "Je vous laisse, princesse" (Fantasio, Flamel, La princesse Elsbeth)00:25
• 30Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 2: "C'est aujourd'hui fête à la cour" (Il Cancelliere del Castello, Flamel, Facio, Milio, Fantasio, La princesse Elsbeth, Le Roi de Baviere, Le prince de Mantoue, Marinoni, Sparck)12:31
• Fantasio, Act 3:
• 31Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: Entr'acte I02:46
• 32Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Par Jupiter! Je l'avais bien prédit!" (Fantasio, La princesse Elsbeth)01:03
• 33Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Psyché pauvre imprudente" (La princesse Elsbeth)03:40
• 34Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Est-ce un rêve" (Fantasio, La princesse Elsbeth)00:53
• 35Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Il n'est qu'un refrain à chante" (Fantasio, La princesse Elsbeth)09:09
• 36Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Princesse, on vous cherche" (Flamel, La princesse Elsbeth)00:57
• 37Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: Entr'acte II00:56
• 38Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Calmez-vous, prince! Calmez-vous" (Marinoni, Le prince de Mantoue)00:52
• 39Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Reprenez cet habit mon prince" (Marinoni)02:29
• 40Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Oui, oui, je connais ton dévouement!" (Le prince de Mantoue)00:06
• 41Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Ils sont entrés dans le palais" (Facio, Il Cancelliere del Castello, Sparck)03:47
• 42Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Eh! Bien! Le voilà, Fantasio!" (Fantasio, Facio)01:33
• 43Offenbach: Fantasio, Act 3: "Sous ta bannière on se rallie" (Facio, Hartmann, Sparck, Le prince de Mantoue, Fantasio, La princesse Elsbeth, Le Roi de Baviere, Marinoni, Flamel, Il Cancelliere del Castello)07:32
• Fantasio: "Ballade à la lune" (Fantasio):
• 44Offenbach: Fantasio: "Ballade à la lune" (Fantasio)04:39
• Fantasio: "Pleure, le ciel te voit" (Fantasio):
• 45Offenbach: Fantasio: "Pleure, le ciel te voit" (Fantasio)02:02
• Total Runtime02:18:41

Info for Offenbach: Fantasio

Rediscovering, restoring, recording and performing the forgotten operatic heritage of the 19th century: Opera Rara's award-winning recording of Fantasio is back! Considered one of Offenbach's most beautiful and refined works, Fantasio offers a heady cocktail of charm, gentle melancholy, bad-tempered jokes and poetry, and marks the crucial step in Offenbach's path towards The Tales of Hoffmann. This recording marks the world premiere studio recording of the complete opera using the new critical edition by Jean-Christophe Keck. The complete libretto in original French and English, as well as the synopsis in French, Italian and German, is downloadable from the Opera Rara website at www.opera-rara.com/fantasio This recording won the 2015 International Opera Awards for best album (Complete Opera).

"A labour of love, this recording painstakingly recreates the 1872 premiere of one of Offenbach's most scintillating comic operas. Fantasio, a silly tale about a royal marriage and a deceased court jester, inspired Offenbach to music of improbable enchantment. An English-speaking cast, headed by the sparkling Brenda Rae and warm-hearted Sarah Connolly, brush up their best French for the occasion. Mark Elder conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a performance as light of touch as a fine French soufflé. If only Offenbach was always treated in such style." (Opera)

"If anyone might have convinced us that fantasio is indeed a masterpiece and not just a hidden gem, then it would have been Sir Mark Elder and the magnificent cast led by Sarah Connolly. It's very good to have this lost work recorded so stylishly." (BBC Music magazine)

Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano (Fantasio)
Brenda Rae, soprano (La princesse Elsbeth)
Russell Braun, baritone (Le prince de Mantoue)
Robert Murray, tenor (Marinoni)
Brindley Sherratt, bass (Le roi de Bavière)
Neal Davies, bass baritone (Sparck)
Aled Hall, tenor (Facio)
Gavan Ring, baritone (Hartmann)
Victoria Simmonds, mezzo-soprano (Flamel)
Opera Rara Chorus
Renato Balsadonna, chorus director)
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Mark Elder, conductor

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