Opera Rara presents a complete recording of the delectable comic opera in 3 acts, Vert-Vert, which was the follow-up to Robinson Crusoe at the Opéra Comique and one of five stage works Offenbach produced in 1869 alone.

Opera Rara presents a complete recording of Offenbach’s delectable comic opera in 3 acts, Vert-Vert (1869), which was the follow-up to Robinson Crusoe at Paris’s Opéra Comique and one of five stage works Offenbach produced that year alone. Toby Spence takes the role of the charming young man nicknamed Vert-Vert after the deceased favourite parrot of the pupils at a girls’ boarding-school. He is joined by a wonderful cast including Jennifer Larmore as La Corilla, Lucy Crowe as Bathilde and Mark Le Brocq as Binet. David Parry conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in this sophisticated and enchanting work.

Booklet includes complete libretto with English translation.

Winner of Prix de l’Académie du Disque Lyrique

“If Jacques Offenbach is the hero of the hour (well just over two hours), then his doughty champion is the indefatigable David Parry who, you feel, believes in every single note in this sparkling score.”
BBC Music Magazine