Organization

Conductor

Paul Daniel

Singer

Soprano

Anne-Catherine Gillet

Zanetta

Mezzo-soprano

Virginie Verrez

Le Prince Raphaël

Baritone

Christophe Gay

Cabriolo

Antoinette Dennefeld

Régina

Tenor

Josh Lovell

Le Prince Casimir

Katia Ledoux

Paola

Christophe Mortagne

Trémolini

Loïc Félix

Sparadrap

Harriet Walter

Narrator

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Opera Rara

Orchestra

Others

Opera Rara Chorus

Southbank Centre

French

La princesse de Trébizonde -  (The Princess of Trebizond)

London

United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth Hall

La princesse de Trébizonde Offenbach

Public

The Princess of Trebizond

English

Approved

South Bank Centre

Jacques Offenbach
LA PRINCESSE DE TRÉBIZONDE
Opéra-bouffe in 3 acts premiered on 7 December 1869, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
Text by Charles Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu
Offenbach Edition Keck
Dialogue edited by Jeremy Sams

ZANETTA - Anne-Catherine Gillet
PRINCE RAPHAEL - Virginie Verrez
REGINA - Antoinette Dennefeld
PAOLA - Katia Ledoux
CABRIOLO - Christophe Gay
PRINCE CASIMIR - Josh Lovell
TREMOLINI / CICOGNINI - Christophe Mortagne
THE LOTTERY DIRECTOR / SPARADRAP - Loïc Félix
PAGES, YOUNG GIRLS - Inna Husieva, Monica McGhee, Aleksandra Chernenko, Siân Griffiths, Beth Moxon, Joanna Harries, Anika-France Forget
VILLAGERS, HUNTERS, CIRCUS FOLK, etc - Opera Rara Chorus (Stephen Harris, chorus director)

London Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Daniel, conductor
Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, September 2022

Presented by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera Rara, Offenbach’s 1869 comic opera is funny, brimming with melody and topped off with a delicious spritz of sexiness.

Pure delight, in other words, fresh from the sparkling imagination of the man who invented operetta.

A travelling funfair, a lovesick Prince, a lottery ticket and a beautiful young woman pretending to be a waxwork … what could possibly go wrong?

We don’t hear it enough, but Opera Rara is out to put that right. In this rare revival, ex-ENO music director Paul Daniel conducts a hand-picked cast.

In association with Opera Rara

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer