I've been listening to recordings by the Italian conductor and composer — no relation to the filmic Coppolas, evidently — who specialized in French repertory but seemed to render everything with lucidity and vigor. (Pristine's recent release of Schumann, Wagner, and Strauss is a case in point.) Coppola's account of the overture to Reyer's Sigurd, above, makes you think that the opera is worthy of revival — although you'd need a conductor of similar gifts, not to mention another Georges Thill.
