COMPOSERS: Hahn
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Ciboulette
PERFORMER: Mesplé, Van Dam, Gedda; Monte Carlo PO/Cyril Diederich
CATALOGUE NO: 395 1282
As stylish as only Hahn could be. And perhaps the last of the 19th-century French operetta tradition with bittersweet melodies and Finales that play as many rhythmic games as Offenbach. A fine cast with Mesplé, Van Dam and Gedda all in excellent voice. Christopher Cook