Roussel: Padmâvatî (2007) more music like this

performed by Charles Burles (vocals), Gérard Blatt (vocals), Henry Amiel (vocals), Hugues Brambilla (vocals), Jane Berbié (vocals), Jean-Jacques Cubaynes (vocals), José van Dam (vocals), Laurence Dale (vocals), Marc Vento (vocals), Marilyn Horne (vocals)
composed by Albert Roussel

Albert Roussel's opera-ballet Padmâvatî has not been treated well by posterity, and on the basis of its music, it's difficult to understand why. The "Mediocre Libretto" excuse could be trotted out, but if it were applied objectively, quite a few anchors of the repertoire would be disqualified. The libretto, by Louis Laloy, is loosely based on a ...

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