Le Philtre
AUBER Daniel-François-Esprit (1782-1871)
Kraków Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra
Label : Naxos
Artikelnummer: 8660514-15
2 CD Spielzeit : 124:00
CHF 22.50
The two leading operatic composers of their time were Rossini and Auber, one now feted, the other largely overlooked. Auber's Le Philtre (1831) took the concept of petit opera to the extreme, even outdoing Rossini's Le Comte Ory in depicting a rural setting peopled not with Arcadian shepherds but with ordinary country folk. Auber's Franco-Italian style can be heard in the work's ensembles, while elsewhere the opera shimmers with rich arias, buffo elements and delightful cavatinas.