Camille Erlanger: La Sorcière (fp 1912)

[Alan Howe]

Announced as an October 4th release on B-Records, the label that gave us Saint-Saëns' Ascanio:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/erlanger-la-sorciere/hnum/11965616    (3 CDs)

[Justin]

Is this the first opera recording of d'Erlanger? I know there is an excerpt from this work Tess.

[britishcomposer]

jpc somehow mixed up the two Erlangers. La Sorciere is by Camille Erlanger as you see on the cd cover. His opera L'aube rouge was given in Wexford in 2023.

I don't know if any of Frederic d'Erlanger's operas has been produced or staged in recent time.

[Alan Howe]

Oh dear. Thanks for the correction, Mathias. My fault for not noticing.

[Alan Howe]

Here's an excerpt from the set:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQQLqM_L-Wg&list=OLAK5uy_mWK7zowZ8trs1SbICEcKWQlXFMdxLOQwQ

[Maury]

Thanks for this! Anything similar to late Massenet has me all ears. I was rather surprised to see more on-line than in the vinyl or CD listings. Are these videos appearing on YT radio broadcasts ? I really like the writing of the YT excerpt (1953??) of his opera Aphrodite with the piano score attached. Interestingly there are a fair number of book scores of Erlanger available. But thanks again for someone I completely missed.

[Alan Howe]

Yes - an exciting release for sure.