Fantasio
Opera Rara
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Featured artists:
Mark Elder, Sarah Connolly, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
'Opera Rara have done the piece proud... Sarah Connolly's understated Fantasio was very much the refined dreamer... Mark Elder conducted the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with infinite sensitivity' - The Guardian, reviewing the concert performance given December 2013
Experience one of Offenbach's most beautiful and refined works with spectacular performances from Sarah Connolly and the outstanding young American soprano, Brenda Rae. Fantasio is a heady cocktail of charm, gracefulness and gentle melancholy, of bad-tempered jokes and poetry, marking the crucial step in Offenbach's path towards The Tales of Hoffmann.
Sir Mark Elder, Artistic Director, explains: "For me, reviving these forgotten operas involves the opportunity to work with the most talented singers and the finest orchestras, discovering, recording and performing these works with the accuracy and artistic brilliance they deserve."
Experience one of Offenbach's most beautiful and refined works with spectacular performances from Sarah Connolly and the outstanding young American soprano, Brenda Rae. Fantasio is a heady cocktail of charm, gracefulness and gentle melancholy, of bad-tempered jokes and poetry, marking the crucial step in Offenbach's path towards The Tales of Hoffmann.
Sir Mark Elder, Artistic Director, explains: "For me, reviving these forgotten operas involves the opportunity to work with the most talented singers and the finest orchestras, discovering, recording and performing these works with the accuracy and artistic brilliance they deserve."