Maurice Ravel's delightful 'L'heure espagnole," usually paired with his other opera, "L'enfant et les sortilèges," is here paired with "Faust et Hélène," an obscure cantata by Lili Boulanger, one of Ravel's contemporaries. Hearing her exquisite Faust et Hélène is comparable to discovering a diamond you didn't know you had. New Camerata Opera opens its seventh season with this very engaging double-bill. D…
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