Eric Huchet reviews
Halévy: La Reine de Chypre
Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Étienne Dupuy, Eric Huchet, Christophorus Stamboglis, Artavazd Sargsyan, Tomislav Lavoie; Flemish Radio Choir; Chamber Orchestra of Paris/Hervé Niquet (Ediciones Singulare)
Offenbach: Maitre Peronilla
Véronique Gens, Antoinette Dennefeld et al, Radio France Choir, Orchestre National de France/Markus Poschner (Bru Zane)
Offenbach’s rarely performed Maître Péronilla brought to life in fizzing performance
‘Markus Poschner encourages the bubbles to rise to the surface in a never-ending stream’