Maurice Yvain, Moïse Simons, Thibault Perrine, Raoul Moretti, Reynaldo Hahn, Henri Christiné, André Messager, Robin Melchior
Featured artists:
Benjamin Levy, Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Patricia Petibon, Marion Tassou, Pauline Sabatier, Rémy Mathieu, Philippe Talbot, Guillaume Andrieux, Laurent Naouri
Taking its name from la Croisette, the beachside boulevard in glamorous Cannes on the Côte d’Azur, this album evokes the fun-loving 1920s. It takes a trip around opérettes, French musical comedies of the era, composed by Maurice Yvain, Henri Christiné, Moisés Simons, Reynaldo Hahn, André Messager and Raoul Moretti. Joining the Orchestre national de Cannes and its music director, Benjamin Levy, are eight leading French singers, all admired in opera: sopranos Patricia Petibon, Amel Brahim-Djelloul and Marion Tassou; mezzo-soprano Pauline Sabatier; tenors Philippe Talbot and Rémy Mathieu; baritone Guillaume Andrieux, and bass-baritone Laurent Naouri.
