| Operas by Charles Gounod |
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 Sapho (1851, rev. Biography Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father Sapho was the first opera composed by Charles Gounod He wrote it to a libretto by Émile Augier, at the prompting of the singer Pauline Viardot who took the title 1884) |
La reine de Saba ("The Queen of Sheba") is a grand opera in four[1] acts by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré inspired by Gérard de Nerval's Le voyage en Orient. La nonne sanglante ( The Bloody Nun) is a 5 act opera by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne. Le médecin malgré lui ( The Doctor in spite of himself; sometimes also called The Mock Doctor) is an Opéra comique in three acts by Charles Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Philémon et Baucis ( Philemon and Baucis) is an Opera in three acts by Charles Gounod with a Libretto by Jules Barbier La Colombe ( The Dove) is an Opéra comique in two acts by Charles Gounod with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Mireille is an Opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Michel Carré after Frédéric Mistral 's poem Roméo et Juliette ( Romeo and Juliet) is an Opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Cinq-Mars, subtitled (Une conjuration sous Louis XIII), is an opera in four acts by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Paul Poirson & Maître Pierre is an uncompleted project by Charles Gounod, intended as his twelfth Opera and planned in the summer of 1877 with the librettist The Queen of Sheba (ንግሥተ ሳባ, 'מלכת שבא, ملكة سبأ) was the woman who ruled the ancient kingdom of Sheba and is referred to in Habeshan Grand Opera is a genre of 19th-century Opera generally in four or five acts characterised by large-scale casts and orchestras and (in their original productions lavish and Biography Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father A libretto is the text used in an extended Musical work such as an Opera, Operetta, Masque, sacred or secular Oratorio and Paul Jules Barbier ( 8 March, 1825 - 16 January, 1901) was a French poet writer and Opera librettist who often wrote in Michel Carré ( 20 October, 1821 - 27 June, 1872) was a prolific French librettist Gérard de Nerval (ʒeʁaːʁ də nɛʁval ( May 22, 1808 &ndash January 26, 1855) was the Nom-de-plume of the
It premiered at the Paris Opera on February 28, 1862. Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique (aka the Salle de la rue Le Peletier, or casually as the Paris Opéra, or simply as the Opéra) was
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Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, February 28, 1862[2] (Conductor: Louis Dietsch) |
|---|---|---|
| Balkis, the queen | soprano | Pauline Guéymard-Lauters |
| Benoni | mezzo-soprano | Hamäckers |
| Sarahil | mezzo-soprano | Tarby |
| Adoniram, sculptor and architect of the first temple | tenor | Louis Guéymard |
| Soliman, the biblical Solomon | bass | Jules-Bernard Belval |
| Amrou | tenor | Raphaël-Auguste Grisy |
| Phanor | baritone | Mécène Marié de l'Isle |
| Méthousaël | bass | Théodore-Jean-Joseph Coulon |
| Sadoc | bass | Frèret |
English version by Henry Farnie
An English reworking of the libretto by Henry Farnie "interwoven [with] certain legends and traditions of freemasonry" was titled Irene. This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. Solomon's Temple (בית המקדש transliterated Beit HaMikdash) also known as the First Temple, was according to The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice King Solomon ( Ge'ez: ስለሞን Arabic: ar سليمان, Sulayman, all from the Triliteral root S-L-M, "peace" This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. NemesisClochesjpg|right|thumb|220px|1898 Tasmanian production]] Henry Brougham Farnie ( 8 April 1836 &ndash 21 September 1889) often called It transposed the action to Istanbul in the time of Suleyman the Magnificent and the building of the Great Mosque and used almost all of Gounod's music. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey Suleiman I (سليمان Sulaymān, Süleyman almost always Kanuni Sultan Süleyman) ( 6 November 1494 5/ 6 September 1566 The Süleymaniye Mosque ( Süleymaniye Camii) is an Ottoman imperial Mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey.
Sources
Steven Huebner. "La reine de Saba", Grove Music Online, ed. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an Encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians L. Macy (accessed Jan 2008), grovemusic.com (subscription access). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
References
- ^ Partition Chant et Piano par Georges Bizet, Choudens fils, Paris nd. Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 was a French Composer and Pianist of the Romantic era ; Grove says five acts.
- ^ Information from AmadeusOnline.net
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