Daniel Auber - Overture

Daniel François Esprit Auber (29 January 1782 – 12/13 May 1871) was a French composer. Overture “Le Cheval de Bronze“ (1835) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier Le cheval de bronze (The Bronze Horse) is an opéra comique, first performed on 23 March 1835 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse in Paris. The libretto (in three acts) is by Auber’s regular collaborator, Eugène Scribe and the piece was a great success in its day. In 1857, it was transformed into an opera-ballet, but this did not hold the stage. The overture is one of Auber’s most popular. The first-act finale expands on the final phrases from the first-act finale of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. The composer tried to reflect the Chinese setting of the story in the music.