A work inspired by Pushkin's eponymous novel, Eugene Onegin is, along with the Queen of Spades, one of Tchaikovsky's most famous operas. Premiered at the Maly Theater by students from the Moscow Conservatory in 1879, Eugene Onegin was successfully revived at the Bolshoi. Immediately, several musicians seized on the work to take up its outlines and...
Inspired by the travelogues of Théodore Marie Pavie, Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gilles suggest to Léo Delibes the subject of the booklet on which they are working: Gérald, a young British officer falls in love with the daughter of a Brahman named Lakmé. This impossible love will cause the loss of the beautiful Hindu who will commit suicide and...
Like the fantasies on Tosca or Madame Butterfly, the "Western Flute Suite" immediately immerses the listener in the general atmosphere of the original opera, by taking up its main thematic contours. In particular, you will be able to rediscover the theme of the introduction to act 1, the aria of Rance, as well as Johnson's arrival at the saloon,...
The second opus of the arrangements devoted to the works of a composer still too little explored by flautists, this new Fantaisie sur la Madame Butterfly by Giaccomo Puccini continues its foray into the heart of the style of opera paraphrases, a genre very popular in the salons of the second half of the 19th century.
No self-respecting flutist could ever go without adding fantaisies on operas to their repertoire. Created at the end of the 19th century, this musical form enables the great hits of the lyrical repertoire to leave theaters and enter more intimate concert formats, thus contributing to a broader diffusion of operatic music. Its advantages are many :...