Gala des Etoiles - BLU-RAY

Gala des Etoiles [DIGITAL VIDEO DISC] Released 2016 product/publication from BBC / Opus Arte

L'Étoile did much to establish Chabrier as a major force on the Parisian stage and his contemporary Henri Duparc praised him specifically for creating a French comic genre, both funny and musical - described as something of a French Die Meistersinger. The fanciful story is set in an imaginary kingdom and all, naturally, ends well. However, despite the slight plot line L'Étoile is something of a pivotal work, a unique example of French 19th-century light opera, orchestrated with great sophistication and flooded with gossamer wit. This production, featuring Stephane d'Oustrac, Christophe Mortagne, and Helene Guilmette, is a co-production of the Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam and Francois Roussillon et Associes.

The Inchspectacular openingInch (Salzburger Nachrichten) of the Grafenegg Festival 2018 presented at the Midsummer Night´s Gala lots of famous opera aria and orchestral hits from Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Bellini, Offenbach, Elgar and more. The Tonkunstler Orchestra under Yutaka Sado was joined by the Inchterrific singerInch (Kurier) Pretty Yende, her Inchcongenial partnerInch (Kurier) Joseph Calleja and the wonderful cellist Harriet Krijgh. InchA feast for the earsInch (Kurier) This production is presented with subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, Japanese, and Korean.