Chabrier: Une education manquee.CHABRIER Une education manquee Saint Palais, Cassard, Fourcade. Sinfonietta sin·fo·niet·ta n. 1. A symphony that is shorter than usual or that calls for fewer than the usual number of instruments. 2. A small symphony orchestra, especially one consisting of stringed instruments only. de Picardie, Michel Swierczewski, conductor Kultur D4011 (1 DVD/47 minutes) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chabrier's one-act operetta operetta (ŏpərĕt`ə), type of light opera with a frivolous, sentimental story, often employing parody and satire and containing both spoken dialogue and much light, pleasant music. , Une education manquee, with additional music by Darius Milhaud Noun 1. Darius Milhaud - French composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality and Brazilian music (1892-1974) Milhaud , is a slight confection con·fec·tion n. A sweetened medicinal compound. Also called electuary. that takes place on the wedding night of a pair of newly-weds unversed in the intricacies of sex. As this situation has little resonance with modern audiences raised on Sex in the City and Desperate Housewives, much of the titillation found at the time of its premiere is lost. But if you can imagine a distant, more genteel age in which innocence lasted beyond the age of puberty, you may still find a certain charm. While Ravel once said, "There is more real music in this little score than in many a big operatic work," tastes do change. Apart from a few numbers--such as the tricky patter pat·ter 1 v. pat·tered, pat·ter·ing, pat·ters v.intr. 1. To make a quick succession of light soft tapping sounds: Rain pattered steadily against the glass. duet for the groom and his mentor--the score is negligible. The role of the young Parisian gentleman, Gontran, was conceived as a travesty role (for soprano) but is performed here, inexplicably, by tenor Franck Cassard. |
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