Les Frivolites Parisiennes - Albert Roussel: La Testament de la Tante Caroline (Aunt Caroline's Will)

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�araign�e. The operetta is heard here in the revision requested by Roussel�s widow which cuts three acts down to one.