Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra: Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant - COMPACT DISCS

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra: Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant - COMPACT DISCS

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Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant

Artist:

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

Label:

Bru Zane

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

8055776010267

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2026-05-08

Number of Discs:

2

Largely forgotten today, the composer Charles Silver was one of the most promising students of Jules Massenet, whose elegant style and effective dramatic gestures he fully mastered. His opera La Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty), based on Perrault's tale, testifies to these skills with it's colourful, lively and surprisingly modern music: the influence of Puccini is evident. The libretto enriches the original story with delightful comic touches from the characters of Jacotte and Barnabe, who provide a light-hearted counterpoint to the fairytale plot. Although it enjoyed a successful first run in Marseille in 1902, the opera unfortunately never received a Parisian premiere, which hindered it's wider dissemination despite an acclaimed revival at the Theâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Accessible, refined and treating a universal theme, this score deserves a second chance that just might - who knows? - earn it a place on the international operatic stage.

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