Offenbach

A collection of Parisian delicacies served in fine style [MP]

(Déjà Review) Singers who know how to sing Offenbach and to act it [JPJ]

A beautiful program, which also points up the hazards [SV]

Eva Zaïcik gives a fitting tribute to the artistry of Célestine Galli-Marié who created the role of Carmen [MC]

(Déjà Review) A delightful collection, with some lesser-known material [RW]

An admirable effort to reconstruct the original version of a once popular work which veers between the highly entertaining and the banal [RMo]

For all that I thoroughly enjoy this recording, the less textually correct Bonynge still retains its places in the affections [RMo]

A wholehearted recommendation for the unhackneyed programme and the magnificent singing [GF]

(Déjà Review) I defy anyone to play these tracks through once and not do so immediately again [ED]

Not for nothing has this Offenbach been counted among the five all-time great recordings of French opera [CH]

A valuable documentation of Delman’s versatility, musically, repertoire-wise and linguistically [GF]

RCA LPs restored, showing Elman schmoozing his way through Mozart and encore trinkets [JW]

(Déjà Review) 67 minutes of unalloyed joy [RJF]

A benchmark production of Offenbach’s opéra bouffe, subtle yet full of colour [RW]

A winner in almost every respect featuring a new edition with an entire Act of previously unperformed music [MP]

A splendid way to explore some of the composer’s lesser-known operettas [MC]