Camille Saint-Saëns' one-act comic opera La Princesse Jaune ("The Yellow Princess") bombed at its 1872 premiere, and even the ongoing revival of interest in Saint-Saëns' music has not done much for its fortunes; it has been recorded only once before, in a 2000 release by a mysterious Swiss Italian Orchestra. The present recording, from the Palazzetto Bru Zane label, has hit the upper reaches of Classical charts, and that's no wonder; the work is a real find. It may have been perceived racism of the title that has held ...
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Camille Saint-Saëns' one-act comic opera La Princesse Jaune ("The Yellow Princess") bombed at its 1872 premiere, and even the ongoing revival of interest in Saint-Saëns' music has not done much for its fortunes; it has been recorded only once before, in a 2000 release by a mysterious Swiss Italian Orchestra. The present recording, from the Palazzetto Bru Zane label, has hit the upper reaches of Classical charts, and that's no wonder; the work is a real find. It may have been perceived racism of the title that has held performers back, but the "yellow" refers only to the color of a figurine that comes to life in the mind of the protagonist, Kornélis. In fact, the opera, although said to be representative of the trend, to paraphrase W.S. Gilbert, of longing for all one sees that's Japanese, is a good deal less exotic and "oriental" than what Arthur Sullivan would offer just a bit more than a decade later. La Princesse Jaune also threw audiences off with its unique mixture of elements; the female...
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