Les Divas d'Offenbach Véronique Gens, Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire & Hervé Niquet

• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880): La Belle Hélène, Act II:
• 1 Offenbach: La Belle Hélène, Act II: Un rêve, mon dieu, c'est un rêve 02:28
• La Diva:
• 2 Offenbach: La Diva: Je crois bien et je le promets 05:11
• La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Act I:
• 3 Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Act I: Dites-lui 02:39
• La Vie Parisienne, Act I Scene 1:
• 4 Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne, Act I Scene 1: Allez donc, allez donc bien vite 01:06
• Valeria:
• 5 Offenbach: Valeria: C'est pour aimer 02:14
• Boule de Neige, Act II:
• 6 Offenbach: Boule de Neige, Act II: Moi je viens réclamer le divorce 03:08
• Le Voyage dans la Lune, Act III Scene 10:
• 7 Offenbach: Le Voyage dans la Lune, Act III Scene 10: Ballet des Chimères 02:13
• Le Roi Carotte, Act I Scene 8:
• 8 Offenbach: Le Roi Carotte, Act I Scene 8: Fruits des vieilles habitudes 03:02
• La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Act II Scene 1:
• 9 Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Act II Scene 1: Vous aimez le danger 04:32
• Madame Favart, Act I Scene 4:
• 10 Offenbach: Madame Favart, Act I Scene 4: Je passe sur mon enfance 03:45
• Dragonette:
• 11 Offenbach: Dragonette: Oui, j'ai menti 02:12
• Robinson Crusoé:
• 12 Offenbach: Robinson Crusoé: Entracte Symphonique de l'Acte II 05:14
• La Périchole, Act I Scene 8:
• 13 Offenbach: La Périchole, Act I Scene 8: O mon cher amant 02:18
• La Boulangère a des écus, Act I Scene 4:
• 14 Offenbach: La Boulangère a des écus, Act I Scene 4: Ah ! Qu'elle est fière 02:50
• La Périchole, Act I Scene 4:
• 15 Offenbach: La Périchole, Act I Scene 4: Regarde-le, regarde-moi 01:44
• Geneviève de Brabant, Act I Scene 1:
• 16 Offenbach: Geneviève de Brabant, Act I Scene 1: Jeunesse aimable et charmante 03:42
• Robinson Crusoé, Act II Scene 1:
• 17 Offenbach: Robinson Crusoé, Act II Scene 1: Beauté qui viens des cieux 02:59
• Le Roman Comique:
• 18 Offenbach: Le Roman Comique: De la blanche couronne 02:27
• La Diva:
• 19 Offenbach: La Diva: Monsieur Etienne, mon coiffeur 01:53
• Total Runtime 55:37

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Véronique Gens' talent as a storyteller needs no introduction; she is an eminent ambassador for French mélodie and tragédie lyrique around the world. "Make us laugh! "says this sparkling programme, devised in collaboration with the Palazzetto Bru Zane. 'Les Divas d'Offenbach' presents all the facets of the prolific Jacques Offenbach - operetta, opéra-bouffe, fairy tales and opéra-comique - his famous arias from La Belle Hélène, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole, as well as previously unreleased works recorded here for the first time. There are sections from major works that were not included in the final version as well as rarities from incidental music such as Valéria, Le Roman comique, Geneviève de Brabant and La Boulangère a des écus, a work that is practically never performed today but which enjoyed great success in the 19th century. Gens' long-time collaborator Hervé Niquet conducts the Chœur et Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire with style and passion.

Véronique Gens, soprano
Chœur Et Orchestre National Des Pays de La Loire
Hervé Niquet, conductor

Véronique Gens
After having dominated the Baroque scene for more than a decade, Véronique Gens went on to establish a solid international reputation and is now considered one of the finest interpreters of Mozart and the French repertory.

One of the flagship roles of her career, Donna Elvira in the production of Don Giovanni by Peter Brook and Claudio Abbado at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, brought her worldwide recognition. Her repertory comprises the leading Mozart roles (Countess, Vitellia, Fiordiligi etc.) and the great roles of tragédie lyrique (including Iphigénie en Tauride, Iphigénie en Aulide and Alceste) but also heroines of a later period such as Alice Ford (Falstaff), Eva (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Madame Lidoine (Dialogues des Carmélites) and Missia (La Veuve joyeuse). Véronique Gens also gives numerous concerts and recitals in a wide-ranging repertory all over the world, notably in Paris, Dresden, Berlin, Beijing, Vienna, Prague, London, Tanglewood, Stockholm, Moscow, Geneva and Edinburgh.

She has performed on the world’s foremost operatic stages, among them the Opéra National de Paris, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Liceu in Barcelona, the Teatro Real in Madrid, De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam and the Aixen-Provence, Salzburg and Glyndebourne festivals.

In 1999, she was voted Vocal Artist of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Classique. Her many recordings (more than eighty CDs and DVDs) have received several international prizes: most recently, her album of French mélodies, Néère won a Gramophone Award in 2016, while Visions obtained an International Classical Music Award and an International Opera Award in 2018. Also La Reyne de Chypre by Halévy obtained a Gramophone Award in 2019, in the Opera category.

Véronique Gens is a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

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