SATURDAY MATINÉE
Operetta in the afternoon
Prepared by Elaine Siversen
With Jules Laurent

Lehár, F. Eva. Operetta in three acts. Libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Robert Baodanzky. First performed Vienna, 1911.   

Lehár, F. Eva, Act I   
[48:21]

Lehár, F. Eva, Act II   
[55:18]

Lehár, F. Eva, Act III   
[22:09]

   EVA: Morenike Fadayomi, sop
OCTAVE FLAUBERT: Reinhard Alessandri, ten
Lehár Festivals Bad Ischl Choir; Franz Lehár O/Wolfgang Bozic.
cpo 777 148-2 [02:06:09]

   Eva works in a glass factory in Brussels. Octave Flaubert, a Parisian [bon vivant], takes over the management of the factory from his father, the owner. He is captivated by Eva’s beauty and attempts to seduce her by announcing to everyone that she is his fiancée. When she discovers that he doesn’t mean it, she flees to Paris. Courted by a Duke, she is drawn into the life of a [demi-mondaine] and even begins smoking cigarettes. Octave, lured to Paris by Eva’s concerned companions, is dazzled by her new appearance and realises that he loves her. Eva is tired of the artificial life she has been leading and now finds that Octave is her ‘prince in the fairytale’ coming to her rescue.

Lehár, F. Excerpts from The Tsarévitch (1927).    Lina Dachary, sop; Remi Corazza, ten; ORTF Lyrique Ch & O/Adolphe Sibert.
Naxos 8.111010 [08:34]