Various Artists Opera-Comique Overtures – COMPACT DISCS

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Title: Opera-Comique Overtures
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Naxos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 747313412273
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2020-05-08
Number of Discs: 1
Opera-comique emerged in the 19th century as an intermediary between grand opera and burlesque operetta. This album charts it’s progression as a distinct genre, tracing the origins from Boieldieu and Mehul early in the century via the classic vitality of masters such as Herold and Maillart into the operetta style of Offenbach and Lecocq. With innovative features, colorful orchestration, drama, wit and atmospheric writing, the operas proved very popular and these overtures encapsulate their immense vivacity and charm.
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