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From: "richer...@hotnail.com" <richer...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:55:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: François-Adrien Boieldieu...
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On Aug 23, 7:51 pm, jrw <jrwilm...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Pat,

> Thanks for your answer, again your erudition is more than
> appreciated.

> I agree that there was a tidal wave in the guise of Wagner and Verdi
> that eclipsed, sorry, drowned their contemporaries.  What is
> interesting is the exceptions, those whose opera's are still performed
> and those we choose to ignore.  I suspect listening to Boieldieu that
> it is not altogether a question of being a mediocre craftsman.
> Meyerbeer might still be suffering from the damage done by the
> rantings of Wagner...

> Both you and Richard have mentioned Gretry it might be useful to ask
> the group for suggestions of other long overlooked composers of the
> period whose work we might revisit...

> Best regards

> John

I will get back on this, but I might point out to you two complete
operas which I think are both on You Tube in full...one is the Gretry
L'amant Jaloux, which I saw at the Comique. Another is Mehul Joseph in
Egypt, with Laurence Dale, which I have on dvd. It is wonderful music,
although the production is a little self conscious, and is kind of
told within a frame of a 'lesson' for school children, but the singing
is wonderful.

 
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