Here a cast of international singers, under the dynamic direction of Gergely Madaras, devotes itself with conviction to the task of reviving one of the forgotten glories of French Romantic opera. Hulda, completed in 1885, was never staged in César Franck’s lifetime. This medieval legend recounts the multiple acts of vengeance its heroine inflicts on the Aslak clan. (Bru Zane)
