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Spyridon Samaras: Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle
8.660508-09 (Naxos, CD, 2 discs)
NEW RELEASE (11 June 2021)
Tracks: 16 + 20
Booklet pages: 24
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Main country of recording: Bulgaria
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Spyridon Samaras: Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle published on 20 June 2021
Angelo Simos, tenor - Chevalier d'Aubigny / A Lackey (I)
Tassis Christoyannis, baritone - Duc de Richelieu
Pavlos Maropoulos, bass - Duc d'Aumont / A Lackey (II)
Pantelis Kontos, baritone - Chevalier d'Auvray
Martha Arapis, soprano - Mademoiselle Gabrielle de Belle-Isle
Marina Krilovici, soprano - Marquise de Prie
Kavel Choir of Sofia
Michail Milkov, chorus master
Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra
Georgi Koev, leader
Byron Fidetzis, conductor
Spyridon-Filiskos Samaras (1861-1917):
Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle - opera in 4 Acts (1903) sung in French to a libretto by Paul Milliet
Recorded 16-22 June 1995 at the Municipal Theatre of Pazardzhik, Bulgara
First recording