Michel Blavet: Le Jaloux Corrigé - 'Opera bouffon' in one act with a divertissement

MUSIC INFORMATION AND FULL CREDITS BELOW Music information (researched and written by me, no AI): This recording from 1955 is still, at the time of uploading, the only recording made of Michel Blavet’s (1700-1768) excellent comic opera titled Le Jaloux Corrigé (‘The jealous man corrected’). This one-act opera is historically notable as being only the second French comic opera, being premiered in front of Louis Count of Clermont in November 1752, very soon after the premiere of the more famous Le Devin du village by Rousseau and prior to that of Les troqueurs by Dauvergne. But Blavet didn’t actually compose the majority of the music for this opera, instead he repurposed ten comic arias and an overture by numerous Italian composers to set a French libretto by Charles Collé. On the title page of the score he openly states ‘In this act, ten arias taken from the music of La Serva Padrona [Pergolesi], Giocatore [Orlandini], and Maestro di Musica [Auletta/Pergolesi] are parodied’. In contrast, Blavet himself was the composer of the recitatives, which he describes as being written ‘in imitation of that of the Italians’, as well as the composer of the utterly stunning divertissement with six instrumental dances and a vaudeville song, which is expectedly far more French in style. I'm personally extremely confused and disappointed as to why this stunning and fun piece hasn't been recorded again since 1955... Full credits: Composer - Michel Blavet Libretto - Charles Collé Conductor - Jean-François Paillard Orchestra - Jean-Marie Leclair Instrumental Ensemble Soprano - Denise Monteil Soprano - Huguette Prudhon Bass - André Vessières Harpsichord - Anne-Marie Beckensteiner Recording - Erato (1955)