la Settimana Enigmstica 2024

When her son Henri threatens to move in with his father, Justine takes him on a trip to the Atlantic coast along with her new partner, Ludo, and stepson, Joseph. Vacation program: uniting the blended family at any cost.

Toni, a curmudgeon in his fifties, single and childless, runs away from children at all costs. His life takes an unexpected turn when his sister dies and overnight he becomes temporary guardian of her five adopted children.

'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.

'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.

Giovanni Paisiello enjoyed a considerable international reputation during much of his career, with 80 or more operas that presented a challenge to those of Mozart in Vienna. La finta amante was composed during Paisiello’s time at the Russian court of Catherine II and it soon became a triumph throughout Europe for its elegant and luminous music. With just three characters, captured forcefully by Paisiello’s innate sense of theatre, the comedy revolves around Camilletta who, alongside her boyfriend Gelino, deceives the older but wealthy Don Girone in games that inevitably lead to dangerous consequences.

Florian Kohlscheen and Nico Graz combine their instruments guitar and bandoneon on their debut album "La vida breve", opening up impressive insights into the sound world of Spanish and South American concert music. With their program they present a selection of compositions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries (Isaa Albéniz, Manuel de Falla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, among others) as well as works by contemporary composers such as Marco Pereira, Egberto Gismonti and Quique Sinesi.

Discover the musical selection of René Martin, artistic director of La Folle Journée, around the theme of the new edition - origins. This two-CD set brings together seven centuries of musical adventures emblematic of La Folle Journée 2024.

Hildegart Rodríguez, a precocious and prolific writer in Spain's 1930s, raised by her mother to become a model of future women.

Maxime Sanchez is a pianist who combines powerful technique, a profound harmonic vocabulary, and the ability to let the music breathe. His approach to the trio is rooted in carefully studied influences, earning him third place at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Maxime's debut album as a leader is the result of a long-standing creative collaboration with bassist Florent Nisse and drummer Guilhem Flouzat.

Arnaud Marzorati and his singers, 'Les Lunaisiens', are unrivalled specialists in the popular French songs of the past centuries.