created by a friend from broadcasts originating in France between 1942 and 1976. The abridgements were forced by the limited air time available when they were originally broadcast. Where only excerpts are provided, they are the surviving elements of unique broadcasts. Needless to say, many of the artists are well known from other work. There are even more interesting singers who were highly regarded in France but who are virtually unknown elsewhere and who made few recordings. My hope is that you will recognize in this collection the unique qualities of French operatic performance, properties which have been increasingly scarce in the decades since these broadcasts.
In addition to titles below, there are selections from broadcast concerts with such artists as Bacquier, Bou?, Cabanel, Cr?spin, Depraz, Lance, Luccioni, Micheau and S?n?chal. This is a CD-ROM with the following main programs:
TITLE DATE PARTIAL CAST LIST
AÃDA (abridged) 1948 Vitale, Frozier-Marot, Luccioni, Cambon
CARMEN (major excerpts) 1942 Cernay, Berthaud, Guillamat, Lovano
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN (abridged) 1946 Richard, Doria, Brega, Rolland. Pernet
LA DAMNATION DE FAUST 1959 Crespin, Gedda, Blanc
DON CARLOS 1967 Sarroca, Dourian, Liccioni, Manuguerra, Mars
HÉRODIADE 1963 Sarroca, Delvaux, Finel, Massard, Mars
LES HUGUENOTS 1976 Lebrun, Clarke, Vanzo, Massard, Bastin, Roy
IDOMÉNÉE (Strauss arrangement) 1960 Micheau, Monmart, Sellier, Corazza
MIGNON (excerpts) 1947 Richard, Michel, Turba-Rabier
MIREILLE (abridged) 1948 Angelici, Richard, Dens
LA NAVARRAISE 1963 Moizan, Vanzo, Mars
ORPHÉE 1960 Gorr, Sautereau, Selig
OTELLO (abridged) 1948 Luccioni, Vitale, Cambon
PÉNÉLOPE 1956 Crespin, Jobin, Massard
LE ROI D'YS (abridged) 1943 Cernay, Guillamat, Micheletti
SAMSON ET DALILA (act 2) 1957 Michel, Verdière, Cambon
SIGURD 1974 Guiot, Esposito, Chauvet, Massard, Bastin
THAÃS (abridged) 1944 Dosia, Cabanel, Noré
LA TRAVIATA (abridged) 1948 Turba-Rabier, Richard, Cambon