This is a list of recordings of La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The work was first performed in Paris on 12 April 1867.
The following recordings are in French unless otherwise indicated.
| Year | Cast: Grand Duchess, Fritz, Prince Paul, General Boum, Wanda |
Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra |
Label and catalogue number[1] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Eugenia Zareska, André Dran, Jean Mollien, John Riley, Giselle Prevet |
René Leibowitz, L'Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Pasdeloup, Choeur Lyrique de Paris |
CD: Preiser Records Cat: 90591 |
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| 1959 | Jennie Tourel, André Turp, Louis Quilico, Martial Singher, Laurel Hurley |
Arnold Gamson, American Opera Society |
LP: Unique Opera Records Corporation Cat: 241 |
live recording, Carnegie Hall, New York City, November 1959 |
| 1966 | Suzanne Lafaye, Jean Aubert, Christian Hasse, Henri Bédex, Michèle Raynaud |
Jean-Claude Hartemann, Monthabor Chorus and Orchestra |
CD: Accord Cat: 465 871-2, |
recommended by The Penguin Guide, extensive spoken dialogue, but no libretto[2] |
| 1967 | Eliane Lublin, Raymond Amade, Christos Grigoriou, Jean-Christophe Benoit |
Jean-Pierre Marty, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire |
LP: Pathe Cat: 130568 |
excerpts |
| 1972 | Huguette Tourangeau, John Walker, Richard Stilwell, Donald Gramm, Susan Belling |
John Crosby, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: EMI Cat: 7 63415-2 |
sung in English, recording of a performance at the Santa Fe Opera, 22 July 1972 |
| 1976 | Régine Crespin, Alain Vanzo, Charles Burles, Robert Massard, Mady Mesplé |
Michel Plasson, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse |
CD: Sony Cat: SM2K 62583 |
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| 1984 | Enriqueta Tarrés, Adolf Dallapozza, Josef Protschka, Alexander Malta, Saskia Gerritsen |
Pinchas Steinberg, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln, Kölner Rundfunkchor |
CD: EMI Cat: 66373 |
sung in German |
| 1996 | Lucia Valentini Terrani, Carlo Allemano, Richard Plaza, Etienne Ligot, Carla Di Censo |
Emmanuel Villaume, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Opera, Bratislava Chamber Chorus |
CD: Dynamic Cat: 173/1-2 |
sung in German |
| 2005 | Felicity Lott, Yann Beuron, Eric Huchet, François Le Roux, Sandrine Piau |
Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre |
CD: Virgin Classics Cat: 0724354573422[3] |
live recording, Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, December 2004 |
| Year | Cast: Grand Duchess, Fritz, Prince Paul, General Boum, Wanda |
Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra |
Label[1] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Felicity Lott, Yann Beuron, Eric Huchet, François Le Roux, Sandrine Piau |
Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre (staged and designed by Laurent Pelly) |
DVD: Virgin Classics Cat: 0094631023996[4] |
live recording, Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, December 2004 |