Le Testament de la Tante Caroline (‘Aunt Caroline’s Will’) remains one of Roussel’s least-known works. It’s an energetic and imaginative operetta that sits perfectly in the lineage of French musical comedy, with a plot that concerns the conditions attached to the mischievous aunt’s will. The text is inimitably Parisian and Roussel responded with graceful and elegant writing that for some contemporary critics evoked the music of one his orchestral masterpieces, Le Festin de l’araignée. The operetta is heard herein the revision requested by Roussel’s widow which cuts three acts down to one.
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Nominee in the Opera category
2023 ICMA Nominee
**** Excellent Album
Jacques Bonnaure – Classica magazine (France) – June 2022
“… The delicate disputes between the heirs, the aunt’s staff and the notary Maître Corbeau are expressed by the French troupe in a brilliant and colorful performance. The many spoken scenes will, of course, make it difficult for an audience that does not speak French to follow the action. The instrumental contribution of the Frivolités Parisiennes orchestra, inspired and vividly led by Dylan Corlay, is remarkable.” ****
Remy Franck – Pizziato.lu – 12 March 2022
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