Radio abridgement
The Overture and scene 2 of Act II were performed but the recording has
not survived
Friedrich König, Two
women by the sea (1902)
Margared ..............................................
Germaine Cernay
Mylio
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Gaston Micheletti
Rozenn
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Ginette Guillamat
Karnak
.................................................... Georges Ravoux
Le Roi
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Lucien Lovano
Jaël
................................................................ Paul Gaudin
Les Choeurs Félix Rogelle et l'Orchestre Nationale
D.-E. Inghelbrecht, cond.
French Radio, Marseilles, 1943
This is another wartime performance with a history. As Mme. Ginette
Guillamat recalls it, the day before the Marseilles maquis had killed a German
officer. In reprisal, the German occupation authorities ordered a civilian
curfew. Since soloists and orchestra wouldn't be able to return to their homes
after a night performance, it was decided to record the opera in the afternoon
on acetate disks, to be played at night.
We owe to this the survival of this performance, which otherwise would not
have been recorded. Incidentally, the recording comes from the personal copy of
Mme. Guillamat. The Institut National de l'Audiovisuel - INA has a ledger for
the performance but no actual disks.
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