{"product_id":"tonkunstler-orchester_le-macon-opera_2019","title":"Le Macon Opéra","description":"With Fra Diavolo, the only one of his works still regularly performed, it cannot be said that Auber clutters the programs of opera houses, let alone the discography. While waiting to see La Muette de Portici or Manon in beautiful productions, one should not miss the pleasure of discovering this Maçon, which was created 6 months before La Dame Blanche. The same liveliness in the musical writing, the same dramatic mechanisms, the same characterization of the characters. The same success as well, but posterity has made its choice: the maçon disappeared from the Paris stage in 1896, after 555 performances nonetheless. The libretto translated into German maintained its success across the Rhine until the 1950s. Orfeo offers us a studio recording from Vienna, dated December 14, 1950, in German, with a narrator instead of dialogues. The conductor leads a team of singers with the required precision and liveliness, without any notable weaknesses. Despite the remastering, the recording shows its age. The libretto provides a simple summary of this improbable plot, which will paradoxically reserve this necessary rediscovery of a French masterpiece for Germanists only. (Olivier Gutierrez)","brand":"Tonkunstler Orchester","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58239982535000,"sku":null,"price":24075380.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/4011790985121.jpg?v=1787438479","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/tonkunstler-orchester_le-macon-opera_2019","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}