"Treasures from the Paris Opera Vaults"
"Treasures from the Paris Opera Vaults"
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#1"Treasures from the Paris Opera Vaults"
Posted: 2/16/09 at 10:05pm
I know this technically isn't "Broadway", but I just came across this piece in the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/arts/music/17vaul.html?_r=1&8dpc
Apparently a number of wax records of various opera arias were made at the beginning of the 20th century and placed in a time capsule beneath the Paris Opera House, not to be opened for 100 years. They've finally been unearthed, cleaned up, and released as a CD set (whose title I put as the subject of this thread). This is certainly an interesting find for any fan of live performance, and (if I have to make some Broadway connection) I found it especially interesting as a fan of "Phantom"--while these recordings were not all done with singers from the Paris Opera, this gives us a better idea of what was popular with Parisian opera-goers around the time Gaston Leroux was researching the Opera House and getting the inspiration to write his novel.
Three audio clips are posted with the NYT article.
"If there is going to be a restoration fee, there should also be a Renaissance fee, a Middle Ages fee and a Dark Ages fee. Someone must have men in the back room making up names, euphemisms for profit."
(Emanuel Azenberg)
ladybegood
Stand-by Joined: 1/4/08
#2re: 'Treasures from the Paris Opera Vaults'
Posted: 2/17/09 at 11:56am
This was hugely well worth pointing out. Thank you!
I, for one, will be quite fascinated to hear what they produce.
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