French verismo from Bruneau...

[Alan Howe]

...in the form of his 1901 opera L'Ouragan can be heard here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mEh2lnC4r4
The performance (in acceptable historic 1957 sound) has just been reissued:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/alfred-bruneau-l-ouragan/hnum/8249459
It's all blood and thunder with some strenuous writing for voices. The problem? An almost complete lack of tunes. A pity, but one can understand why Bruneau's music disappeared. It's stirring, often exciting, but nothing sticks in the memory. Still, it doesn't cost much to sample...

[Alan Howe]

...oh and, by the way, the performance is well sung. There were some very fine French-speaking singers around in the post-war period.