Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Whosungit?


Melomanes who are also mystery lovers will no doubt want to flock to Paris where an enterprising troupe is reviving an "operette policiere" based on the famous character of Arsene Lupin. The French review I found called the evening "two hours of happiness." It was written in 1930, and the music is by Marcel Lattes, the nephew of Lupin's creator (and a victim of Auschwitz).

You can hear excerpts from the show on Benoit Duteurtre's loads-of-fun Radio France program, "Etonnez-moi, Benoit."