La Vie Parisienne

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse - Offenbach: La Vie parisienne  (2024)

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Chœur de l’Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse, Romain Dumas, Anne-Catherine Gillet - Offenbach: La Vie parisienne (Original Version) (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:38:42 | 718 / 365 Mb
Genre: Classical

'The rehearsals for La Vie parisienne are almost driving me insane', wrote librettist Ludovic Halevy a few days before the work's first performance. The artists of the Palais-Royal company were struggling with some of the musical numbers Offenbach had written for them. Under pressure, composer and librettists had to simplify, cut, rewrite and sometimes even abandon some of their most successful inspirations. The international success of the final score soon ensured the hundreds of pages reluctantly deleted by Offenbach were well and truly forgotten. Now the research of the Palazzetto Bru Zane team has uncovered all this musical material, making it possible to present the world premiere recording. Listeners can now enjoy a delightful Diplomatic Trio, a Seduction Quintet, a Roadsweeper's Song, an air for Urbain, the Fabliau of the Baroness, and more. The team of fourteen soloists assembled under the baton of Romain Dumas benefits from the glittering sonorities of the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, which previously recorded Offenbach's 'other' Vie parisienne back in… 1976.
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse - Offenbach: La Vie parisienne  (2024)

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Chœur de l’Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse, Romain Dumas, Anne-Catherine Gillet - Offenbach: La Vie parisienne (Original Version) (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless [ / MP3 320 kbps | 2:38:42 | 718 / 365 Mb
Genre: Classical

'The rehearsals for La Vie parisienne are almost driving me insane', wrote librettist Ludovic Halevy a few days before the work's first performance. The artists of the Palais-Royal company were struggling with some of the musical numbers Offenbach had written for them. Under pressure, composer and librettists had to simplify, cut, rewrite and sometimes even abandon some of their most successful inspirations. The international success of the final score soon ensured the hundreds of pages reluctantly deleted by Offenbach were well and truly forgotten. Now the research of the Palazzetto Bru Zane team has uncovered all this musical material, making it possible to present the world premiere recording. Listeners can now enjoy a delightful Diplomatic Trio, a Seduction Quintet, a Roadsweeper's Song, an air for Urbain, the Fabliau of the Baroness, and more. The team of fourteen soloists assembled under the baton of Romain Dumas benefits from the glittering sonorities of the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, which previously recorded Offenbach's 'other' Vie parisienne back in… 1976.
Sebastien Rouland, Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon - Offenbach: La vie parisienne (2008)

Sébastien Rouland, Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon - Offenbach: La vie parisienne (2008)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Français (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 5 ch) | 7.61 Gb (DVD9) | 135 min
Classical | Virgin Classics | Sub: Francais, English, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol

After La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, and La Fille du régiment, Virgin Classics develops its DVD catalogue with yet a new stage production by renowned director Laurent Pelly (his 3rd for the label) accompanied by his assistant Agathe Mélinand who again adapted the dialogues as in the other productions. Filmed in Lyons during the performances (18th December – 1st January 2008) the production and the cast re-enacted in our moderns times the satirical portrayal of Parisian life in the Second Empire. The performances were a hit: Laurent Pelly brought to Offenbach’s operetta all the gusto and humour the subject calls for – his staging is wild and frenzied. La Vie parisienne was Offenbach's first full-length piece to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier period pieces and mythological subjects. It became one of Offenbach's most popular operettas.
Lina Dachary, Michel Roux, Orchestre Lamoureux & Jules Gressier - Offenbach: La vie parisienne (2024)

Lina Dachary, Michel Roux, Orchestre Lamoureux & Jules Gressier - Offenbach: La vie parisienne (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 171 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 102 Mb | 01:03:28
Classical, Opera | Label: Warner Classics, Erato Records

Michel Roux, one of the greatest bass-baritones of the 1950s was very sought-after performer of Offenbach. He recorded three operettas conducted by Jules Gressier, witfully impersonating the Baron hoping for extra-conjugal adventures in La vie Parisienne.

French Fashion Illustrations of the Twenties: 634 Cuts from La Vie Parisienne  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by tarantoga at May 19, 2017
French Fashion Illustrations of the Twenties: 634 Cuts from La Vie Parisienne

Carol Belanger Grafton, "French Fashion Illustrations of the Twenties: 634 Cuts from La Vie Parisienne"
ISBN: 0486254585 | 1987 | EPUB | 96 pages | 20 MB

La Vie Parisienne De Fanfrelle  Comics

Posted by Mendose at Nov. 21, 2022
La Vie Parisienne De Fanfrelle

La Vie Parisienne De Fanfrelle
French | CBR | 139 pages | 63.2 MB

Honoré de Balzac, "Le cousin Pons"  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at Nov. 16, 2024
Honoré de Balzac, "Le cousin Pons"

Honoré de Balzac, "Le cousin Pons"
2016 | ASIN: B01HGYD9VY | Français | MP3@128 kbps | 11 hrs 59 mins | 660.7 MB

Ce roman fait partie des "Scènes de la vie parisienne" dans la section "Les Parents pauvres",tout comme "La Cousine Bette".
Pons, musicien sans fortune, bon et naïf, est traité en parent pauvre par sa riche famille, les Camusot de Marville. Le jour où ils découvrent que la collection d'objets d'art qu'il a accumulée est d'une immense valeur, ils le dépouillent et le font mourir. Le mal triomphe en toute beauté. …

Honoré de Balzac, "Sarrasine"  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at Jan. 11, 2021
Honoré de Balzac, "Sarrasine"

Honoré de Balzac, "Sarrasine"
2016 | Français: B01GE5MA98 | Français | MP3@128 kbps | 1 hrs 41 mins | 93.4 MB

Par une nuit de fête au cœur de l'hiver, à Paris, Balzac croise l'histoire d'un sculpteur et d'une cantatrice. Récit tout de mystère - il sera levé à la fin - de richesse profuse, de volupté, inouïe, intouchée. La musique et la sculpture échangent leur pouvoir, s'attirent mortellement. Le sculpteur tombera, victime de trois stylets. L'histoire d'amour, comme toutes les énigmes, plonge vers la tombe, vers le cadavre. D'où naissent les statues. …

Elena Costa, "La vie audacieuse"  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at Sept. 14, 2020
Elena Costa, "La vie audacieuse"

Elena Costa, "La vie audacieuse"
2020 | ISBN: 2072850258 | Français | EPUB | 213 pages | 0.2 MB

1987. Yves quitte le confort de la maison familiale pour suivre des études de droit à Paris. Très vite, le jeune homme se sent rejeté par la capitale et les autres étudiants, et rêve d'une "vie audacieuse". Dans un café, il rencontre Évelyne, âgée d'une trentaine d'années et professeure de piano. Elle s'occupe tous les dimanches de son fils de treize ans, Jérôme, qui vit chez son père car elle a refusé d'en assumer la garde. Évelyne est secrète, distante, insaisissable. …
Felix Slatkin, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra - Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne & Symphonic Dances by Felix Slatkin (2022)

Felix Slatkin, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra - Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne & Symphonic Dances by Felix Slatkin (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:16:36 | 419 / 176 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording

Among the most consummate of studio musicians, Felix Slatkin achieved fame for his violin performance, directing recordings of both standard symphonic fare and appealing arrangements of light music, and for being the leader of a string quartet fondly remembered as one of the finest of its time. Through his affiliation with Capitol Records, he and his wife, Eleanor Aller (cellist with Slatkin's Hollywood String Quartet), were afforded the economic base to pursue performance in areas notoriously unprofitable.