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Ambroise Thomas: La Cour de Célimène Reviews
Ambroise Thomas: La Cour de Célimène Reviews
| 18 of 20 people found the following review helpful  God Bless Opera-Rara!, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Ambroise Thomas: La Cour de C�lim�ne (Audio CD) Here we have another rare treat that I thought I would never see... The Ambroise Thomas library expanding! I have long been a fan of Mignon and play it regularly. Hamlet also recieves extensive play time (not as much as Mignon however) but I never thought I would see the day that any other Thomas Opera or Opera-comique would be recorded. The fact La Cour de Celimene was recorded might just be a fluke so I dare not get my hopes up.La Cour de Celimene is fantastic! It is one of the last of the original type of opera-comiques...bourgeoisie comedy 100%! The story is of a wealthy aristocrat who has men lining up to court her. She merely plays them along for fun. She has actually resigned herself to a wealthy colonel who does not care about her promiscuous lifestly because he is happy to live in a house with 2 beautiful women (Celimene and her sister). Celimene than plays with the affections of a lowly page and stirs up trouble that in the end all works out but not as you would... Read more |
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