The Greater Good or The Passion of Boule de Suif

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From: Fanfare
Date: 20071101
Author:Swanson, Alan

HARTKE The Greater Good or The Passion of Boule de Suif * Stewart Robertson, cond; Caroline Worra (Boule); John David De Haan (Loiseau); Jeanine Thames (The Old Nun); Matthew Worth (Coachman); et al.; Glimmerglass Op O * NAXOS 8.669014 (2 CDs: 142:29)

The stories of Guy de Maupassant have provided material for at least four earlier operas, of which Benjamin Britten's delightful comedy, Albert Herring (1947), is probably the most successful. Stephen Hartke has achieved considerable recognition, including the Charles Ives prize, for his orchestral music. For his first opera, he has turned to ...

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