"Funny and inventive, the Drama is a reference on its own...
In the spirit of Frank Zappa." (Compact)
"Like Carl Stalling's cartoon soundtracks." (Cadence)
Vocal pieces featuring the late Frank ROYON LE MÉE in Le poil et la plume (text by Michel TOURNIER) followed by an opera-bouffe where animals play hide and seek with Death ! (libretto by Régis FRANC).
Jean-Jacques BIRGÉ (synthesizers, vocals, jaw harp, piano, etc)
Bernard VITET (trumpets, reed trumpet, piano, violin, vocals, etc)
Francis GORGÉ (guitar, synthesizers, vocals, percussion, etc)
together with
Frank ROYON LE MÉE (sprechgesang)
Martine VIARD (soprano)
Louis HAGEN-WILLIAM (bass)
and voices by Dominique FONFRÈDE, Maurice GARREL, Christian MARIN, Guy PANNEQUIN, Guy PIÉRAULD, Yves PÉNEAU, Bernard PINET, Serge VALLETTI,
plus the Ensemble de l'ITINÉRAIRE
conducted by Boris de VINOGRADOV
Les blancs jouent et gagnent / Une passion dévorante / Dernier blues avant de mourir / Le poil et la plume / Volte-face / La fosse (Ouverture-Le lion-La tribu-Miss Rosé-Nocturne-Conférence des animaux- Pauvres bêtes-Chute)
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