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Opera Comique Collection Vol.2 (DVD) | Naxos 2106002

Opera Comique Collection Vol.2 (DVD)

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 2106002

Barcode: 0747313600243

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 6

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 8th May 2026

Contents

Artists

Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
Sabine Devielhe (soprano)
Anne-Catherine Gillet (soprano)
Vannina Santoni (soprano)
Marion Lebegue (mezzo-soprano)
Frederic Antoun (tenor)
Cyrille Dubois (tenor)
Andrew Richards (tenor)
Michael Spyres (tenor)
Stephane Degout (baritone)
Franck Leguerinel (baritone)
Laurent Alvaro (bass-baritone)
Accentus (chorus)
Les Elements (chorus)
Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine (chorus)
Monteverdi Choir (chorus)
Pygmalion (chorus / orchestra)
Insula Orchestra (orchestra)
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees (orchestra)
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique (orchestra)

Conductors

Laurence Equilbey
John Eliot Gardiner
Louis Langree
Raphael Pichon

Works

Bizet, Georges

Carmen

Delibes, Leo

Lakme

Gounod, Charles

La Nonne sanglante (The Bloody Nun)

Messager, Andre

Fortunio

Thomas, Ambroise

Hamlet

Artists

Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
Sabine Devielhe (soprano)
Anne-Catherine Gillet (soprano)
Vannina Santoni (soprano)
Marion Lebegue (mezzo-soprano)
Frederic Antoun (tenor)
Cyrille Dubois (tenor)
Andrew Richards (tenor)
Michael Spyres (tenor)
Stephane Degout (baritone)
Franck Leguerinel (baritone)
Laurent Alvaro (bass-baritone)
Accentus (chorus)
Les Elements (chorus)
Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine (chorus)
Monteverdi Choir (chorus)
Pygmalion (chorus / orchestra)
Insula Orchestra (orchestra)
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees (orchestra)
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique (orchestra)

Conductors

Laurence Equilbey
John Eliot Gardiner
Louis Langree
Raphael Pichon

About

The Opéra Comique in Paris has a long tradition of giving stylish performances dating back to the 18th century. Five imaginative and critically acclaimed productions are featured in this collection of French operatic masterpieces. Bizet’s Carmen, which received its premiere at the Opéra Comique in 1875, is performed on period instruments conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet features the stellar French baritone Stéphane Degout in the title role. Messager exemplifies the spirit of La Belle Époch in Fortunio; Gounod fuses Romanticism with the supernatural in La Nonne sanglante; and the outstanding French soprano Sabine Devieilhe takes the lead role in Delibes’s tragic tale of passion and loyalty, Lakmé – one of the jewels of the Opéra Comique.

Carmen is conducted by world-famous Sir John Eliot Gardiner with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique on period instruments. ‘Anna Caterina Antonacci’s Carmen, finally on DVD, is legendary, a detailed artist at her most nuanced’ (Opera News).

Hamlet was a Gramophone Choice release: ‘[Stéphane Degout] gives one of his greatest performances here, marvellously sung and acted, with every gesture, vocal and physical, affording us insight into Hamlet’s disturbed psyche: it’s an extraordinary achievement.’

Messager’s Fortunio was ‘…pure enchantment from start to finish’, wrote Classica, whilst Gramophone wrote ‘For gentle, escapist charm – and many of us require large doses of that right now – Fortunio would seem to be the perfect remedy’.

Of Gounod’s La Nonne sanglante, Fanfare wrote that ‘every single voice, down to the smallest comprimario roles, is a pleasure to hear: clear, steady, elegant, pleasant in timbre, in tune, and on the beat… Laurence Equilbey is in full command from the podium of all her forces, leading with energy and grace, and the orchestra and chorus are in stellar form.’.

Delibes’s Lakmé: ‘[Raphaël] Pichon conducts with flexibility and energy, and he is one of the major reasons for the success of this performance’ (Fanfare).

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM stereo and DTS 5.1
- PCM stereo and DTS 5.0 (Carmen)
- AC3 2.0 and DTS 5.1 (Hamlet)
Language: French
Subtitles: French, English, German, Italian (Carmen only), Chinese (Hamlet only), Japanese, Korean
Region code: 0 (worldwide)

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