Description
Ravel - L'Heure Espagnole / Denise Duval, Jean Vieuille, Jean Giraudeau, Charles Clavensy, René Herent, André Cluytens, Chœur Et Orchestre Du Théâtre National De L'Opéra-Comique / EMI Classics Audio CD 1994 Mono
UPC 724356526921
L'heure espagnole is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a comédie musicale, with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same name The opera, set in Spain in the 18th century, is about a clockmaker whose unfaithful wife attempts to make love to several different men while he is away, leading to them hiding in, and eventually getting stuck in, her husband's clocks. The title can be translated literally as "The Spanish Hour", but the word "heure" more importantly means "time" – "Spanish Time", with the connotation "How They Keep Time in Spain".
The original play had first been performed at the Théâtre de l'Odéon on 28 October 1904. Ravel began working on the music as early as 1907, and the opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique on 19 May 1911.
Label: | EMI Classics – 724356526921 |
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Series: | L'Opéra-Comique |
Format: |
CD, Album, Mono
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Country: | Netherlands |
Released: |
1994 |
Genre: | Classical |
Style: | Opera, Impressionist |
Tracklist:
1 | L'Heure Espagnole |
- Baritone Vocals – Jean Vieuille
- Bass Vocals – Charles Clavensy
- Chorus – Chœur Du Théâtre National De L'Opéra Comique
- Conductor – André Cluytens
- Design Concept – Studio Combet
- Libretto By – Franc-Nohain
- Liner Notes – Michel Beretti
- Orchestra – Orchestre Du Théâtre National De L'Opéra-Comique
- Remastered By – Antoine Chaigne, Jean Laroche, Olivier Cappé
- Soprano Vocals – Denise Duval
- Tenor Vocals – Jean Giraudeau, René Herent