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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