The Hallé, ENO Chorus, Opera Rara. Paul Daniel Conductor; Alistair McGowan, narrator; Loïc Félix, Bababeck; Mathias Vidal, Saëb; François Piolino, Kaliboul’; Philippe Talbot, Xaïloum; Anne-Catherine Gillet, Maïma; Valerie Eickhoff, Balkis; Katia Ledoux, Périzade; Thibault de Damas, Le grand Mogol. This is not a well-known work – as I suppose its appearance under the auspices ofContinue reading “Offenbach, Barkouf; Halle/Opera Rara, Bridgewater Hall 4/10/26”