François-Adrien Boieldieu - Le Calife de Bagdad (1800)

François-Adrien Boieldieu
Work: Le Calife de Bagdad, opéra comique in one acts, first performance 16 September 1800, Opéra-Comique Favart, Paris.
Libretto: Saint-Juste; Claude Godard d'Aucor after One Thousand and One Nights.
Ouverture 00:00
Duo: Allons un peu de confinance (Zétulbé, Késie) 07:35
Air: De tous les pays (Késie) 11:59
Terzetto: Voyez, elle est toute interdite (Zétulbé, Lémaïde, Isauun) 19:05
Romance: Depuis le jour (Zétulbé) 23:16
Chorus: C'est ici le sejour des graces 26:46
Air et ensemble: Pour obtenir celle qui'il aime (Isauun, Zétulbé, Késie, Lémaïde, Un juge) 30:54
Final, Marche, Choeur Et Morceau D'Ensemble: Au choix de votre maitre (Isauun, Zétulbé, Késie, Lémaïde) 38:00
Jean Giraudeau: Isauun
Christiane Eda-Pierre: Zétulbé
Jane Berbié: Késie
Jeannine Collard: Lémaïde
Jean-Paul Vaquelin: - Un juge
Orchestra & Chorus: Orchestre Lyrique de l'O. R. T. F.
Conductor: Louis Fourestier

[@amicus1766]

I've wanted to hear this work for years and finally found it today (even though it's been here for almost a year!). Thanks for all the uploads of rare works. It is amazing how one's opinion of recognized masterworks change when you can put them in a fuller, richer, and more accurate historical-musical context. It elevates our opinion of the forgotten composers and their works, and does not diminish the other works that have been in the mainstream of the repertoire.

[@seniorosity68]

The only thing missing is the French spoken dialog between arias which was included as late as Bizet's "Carmen" in 1875.

[@andrewcorals5006]

Wonderful recording, thank you greatly for uploading! I love all these singers. I used to have a CD with this opera as well as Boieldieu's Le Nouveau Seigneur. Would you happen to have that one as well? I've been itching to listen to it ever since I lost my copy.

[@yves921]

Allons, un peu de CONFINANCE...!🤣.... pouvez-vous corriger ?
Un grand merci pour la diffusion de ce joyau .

[@mohammedkh4321]

Thanks from Baghdad ❤️❤️

[@TheReturnOfStephan1]

Glorious!
Thanks for posting.:)

[@marie-armelle458]

belle distribution française

[@alfredorodriguezlopez-vazq3166]

Dis-donc, on dirait le neveu de Mozart!

[@595263]

Delightful performance.

[@michaeljeran4941]

Bin begeistert! Vielen Dank!