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Joan Sutherland, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge - Romantic French Arias (CD DOUBLE SLIMLINE) One of Dame Joan Sutherland's own favouriterecordings, 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 BonyngeFoundation. 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 opéracomique –which had not previously been considered her home territory. Tracklistings: CD 1: Arias by: 1. JACQUES OFFENBACH 2. GIACOMO MEYERBEER 3. GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER 4. JACQUES OFFENBACH 5-6. DANIEL-FRANÇOIS-ESPRIT AUBER 7. GEORGES BIZET 8. JACQUES OFFENBACH 9. JULES MASSENET 10. CHARLES GOUNOD CD 2: Songs by: 1. JACQUES OFFENBACH 2. GIACOMO MEYERBEER 3. CHARLES GOUNOD 4. GIACOMO MEYERBEER 5. CHARLES LECOCQ 6. VICTOR MASSÉ 7. CHARLES GOUNOD 8. GEORGES BIZET 9. GIACOMO MEYERBEER 10. CHARLES GOUNOD 11. GEORGES BIZET 12. JULES MASSENET 13. GABRIEL FAURÉ 14-15. LÉO DELIBES
