Romantic French Arias

One of Dame Joan Sutherland's own favourite recordings, long unavailable on its own, reissued with additional material recorded at the Geneva sessions, with rarely seen photographs and a new booklet introduction. In her introduction to this reissue of Sutherland's 1969 recording of Romantic French Arias, Fiona Janes notes that the album was made just shy of the soprano's 43rd birthday, roughly halfway through her career. A distinguished mezzo-soprano herself, Janes is now Artistic Director of the Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation. The Foundation's mission is to foster the next generation of operatic artists through competitions and scholarships; the technical finesse and dedication of Sutherland to her art remain models for any aspiring singer, and this album stands testament to her ambition to conquer the coloratura repertoire in an area – French grand opera and opéra comique – which had not previously been considered her home territory.

Tracks

1~1~Jacques Offenbach
1~2~Giacomo Meyerbeer
1~3~Gustave Charpentier
1~4~Jacques Offenbach
1~5~Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
1~6~Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
1~7~Georges Bizet
1~8~Jacques Offenbach
1~9~Jules Massenet
1~10~Charles Gounod
2~1~Jacques Offenbach
2~2~Giacomo Meyerbeer
2~3~Charles Gounod
2~4~Giacomo Meyerbeer
2~5~Charles Lecocq
2~6~Victor Massé
2~7~Charles Gounod
2~8~Georges Bizet
2~9~Giacomo Meyerbeer
2~10~Charles Gounod
2~11~Georges Bizet
2~12~Jules Massenet
2~13~Gabriel Fauré
2~14~Léo Delibes
2~15~Léo Delibes

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Joan Sutherland, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge
Release Date: 11 March 2022
Genre: Classical Music
Label: DECCA AUSTRALIA
Distributor: Universal Music