Verdi: La traviata & Rigoletto. Airs et duos chantés en français
Ernest Blanc, Janine Micheau
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Featured artists:
Georges Prêtre, Orchestre du Théâtre de l’Opéra de Paris
Adapting operas in other languages to perform on them foreign stages was a common practice before invention of subtitles. Operas by Verdi were frequently given and recorded in the French version by Édouard Duprez until it felt into disuse. As part of our retrospective dedicated to the French baritone Ernest Blanc, here sharing the bill with Janine Micheau, discover with a new ear the most famous arias and duets from Rigoletto and La traviata.
