Véronique Gens

Opera Album Review: A Renaissance-Toned Opera by Saint-Saëns, Finally (and Finely) Recorded

One of Saint-Saëns’s most important operas, Proserpine, has recently been given its world-premiere recording, and the result is a revelation.

Yes, the first-ever recording of a opera that is as wonderful as Berlioz and Wagner said it is.

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