Verdi's operas are most often represented in the concert hall by their overtures or 'sinfonias' with very good reason. A number of them are symphonic gems in their own right. The operas he composed for the Paris stage give us another view of his orchestral virtuosity with their sumptuous ballet scores. The Airs de Ballet was given its premiere with the premiere of J?rusalem, the French-language revsion of his earlier opera I Lombardi given in Paris...