comments that the action "owes as much to the British pantomime version of Defoe as to the novel". Lamb singles out Friday’s song "Tamayo, mon frère" and Edwige’s waltz song "Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore" as musical highlights. In 1982, The Musical Times commented, "Crusoe is described as an opéra comique, but the more hectic cheerfulness of opéra-bouffe'' keeps breaking in. Offenbach's invention is in full flood." Recordings WorldCat (at 2019) lists no recordings of the complete opera in French made at any time. A live recording of the 1973 Camden Festival production was published as an LP set by the Unique Opera Records Corporation with a limited release. Opera Rara has published a studio recording of the Don White edition made in London in 1980, conducted by Alun Francis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir. The cast comprised John Brecknock (Robinson Crusoe), Sandra Browne (Man Friday), Enid Hartle (Lady Deborah Crusoe), Marilyn Hill Smith (Suzanne), Roderick Kennedy (Sir William Crusoe), Yvonne Kenny (Edwige), Alexander Oliver (Toby), Alan Opie (Jim Cocks) and Wyndham Parfitt (Will Atkins). Edwige's waltz song, "Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore", has been recorded by sopranos including Natalie Dessay, Amelia Farrugia, Elizabeth Futral, Sumi Jo and Joan Sutherland. Notes, references and sources Notes References Sources External links Ohio Light Opera's Crusoe page 1867 operas Operas by Jacques Offenbach French-language operas Opera world premieres at the Opéra-Comique Opéras comiques Operas Operas based on novels Robinson Crusoe Castaways in fiction