Don César de Bazan is an opéra-comique with a narrative of dashing Spanish chivalry and romance. It's plot revolves around deception and comedies of reversed identity, with a struggle between true nobility and wicked selfishness maintaining an animated momentum throughout. This was the young Jules Massenet's first full-length opera and yet it is filled with the composer's mature symphonic style, his gift for melody, feeling for the picturesque, and vivacity of rhythm. These distinctive qualities reveal an operatic feast whose time has at last arrived. Conductor Mathieu Romano works within all genres from the Baroque to the contemporary, both on the concert stage and in opera. Romano has worked with ensembles such as the RIAS Kammerchor and the Latvian Radio Choir, and on operatic productions with Les Frivolités Parisiennes and contemporary projects with Ensemble Itinéraire. He also works with the Nederlands Kamerkoor, the Normandy Regional Orchestra, Les Siècles and Sinfonia Varsovia. He regularly appears with Ensemble Aedes, of which he is the founder and artistic director. His discography includes a number of acclaimed releases devoted to choral repertoire. Album Tracks 1. Don César de Bazan (1888 Version) 2. 1. Ouverture 3. 2. Act I Scene 1 Introduction De`S Que Ton Tambour Sonne - Ballade Aragonaise Par Un Frais Sentier (Chorus, Maritana) 4. 3. Act I Scene 1 Scène, Prière Et Strette C'est Elle!... - Scene 2 Mélodie L'amour, Un Amour Implacable (Charles II, Don José, Maritana, Chorus) 5. 4. Act I Scene 4 Air Partout Ou` L'on Chante (Don César) 6. 5. Act I Scene 6 Quartet Le Voila`! - Scene 7 Il Est Trop Tard! (Captain, Don César, Lazarille, Don José) 7. 6. Act I Scene 8 Finale Bohe`Me Charmante - Scene 9 Peut-E^Tre... (Chorus, Maritana, Don José, Don César, Alcade, Lazarille) 8. 7. Act II Entr'acte 9. 8. Act II Scene 1 Berceus