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Hermosa as a girl. She worries how she is going to break the news to her husband whom she has fooled for 18 years.
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Light Opera of New York conducted by Tyson Deaton in 2017 – Albany
Records. Claire Kuttler (Alexis), Tom Mulder (Hermosa), Victor Khodadad (Cacatois XXII), Chad Kranak (Romboidal), Heather Jones (Théodorine) (First recording in English – full score with slightly cut version of
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the boy in how to declare love to her, but they are surprised by the return of Théodorine and Romboïdal just as Alexis says he will only marry
Hermosa. Alexis demands that Romboïdal go with him to Cacatois to ask his consent.
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Solistes de Liège conducted by Emanuel Koch in 1984 – TLP Records, Claudine Granger (Alexis), Stéfano Memma (Hermosa), Yerry Mertz (Cacatois XXII), Thierry Migliorini (Romboidal), Marcelle Rieu (Théodorine)
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in 1962 – Profil
Edition Günter Hänssler, with Eva Kasper (Alexis), Alfons Holte (Hermosa), Sanders Schier (Cacatois XXII), Fritz Ollendorff (Romboidal), Anni Körner (Theodorine) – (in German)
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