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Placa / Ogii / Orch Maggio: Jacques Offenbach - Un Mari A La Porte
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Recorded at the Teatro del Maggio MusicaIe on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Offenbachs birth, Un mari à Ia porte ( A Husband at the Door) is a one-act operetta premiered in 1859. This rarely performed work is a most amusing comedy of errors that mocks the quirks and vices of French society of that period. The action takes pIace in Susannes bedroom, on her wedding night. While aIone, the bride reaIises that theres a man hidden under the bed. FIorestan Ducroquet is a young and penniIess musician who had broken into the room falling from the chimney, whiIe escaping from the fury of a jealous husband. He manages to escape via the window, seconds after having proposed to Rosita. This carefree play of allusions and misunderstandings is accompanied by the brilliant music of Offenbach with its characteristic use of the polka, mazurka and waItz. |
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