selections (2 of 2)
Composition: Le pré aux clercs, an opéra comique in three acts (1832)
Isabelle: Renee Doria, soprano
Queen: Michele LeBris, soprano
Nicette: Francoise Louvey, soprano
Mergy: Michel Senechal, tenor
Girot: Adrien Legros, baritone
Orchestre Symphonique conducted by Jesus Etcheverry
Part 1
1. Le pré aux clercs: Overture
2. Le pré aux clercs: Act I, "Les rendezvous de noble compagnie" (Nicette & Girot)
3 Le pré aux clercs: Act I, "Ce soir j'arrive donc dans catte ville Immense" ((Mergy)
4 Le pré aux clercs: Act I, "Souvenirs du juene age" (Mergy)
Part 2
5 Le pré aux clercs: Act II, Entr'acte; "Jours de mon enfance" (Isabelle)
6 Le pré aux clercs: Act II, "Vous me disiez sans cesse" (Isabelle, Queen, & Cantarelli)
7 Le pré aux clercs: Act III, "A la fleur du bei age" (Nicette)
8 Le pré aux clercs: Act III, "C en est fait, le ciet meme" (Isabelle, Queen, & Mergy)
Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold, better known as Ferdinand Hérold, (January 28, 1791 -- January 19, 1833) was a French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for the piano, orchestra, and the ballet. He is best known today for the ballet La fille mal gardée and the overture to the opera Zampa.
