Jérusalem

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Operas by Giuseppe Verdi
Oberto (1839) Un giorno di regno (1840) Nabucco (1842) I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843) Ernani (1844) I due Foscari (1844) Giovanna d'Arco (1845) Alzira (1845) Attila (1846) Macbeth (1847) I masnadieri (1847) Jérusalem (1847) Il corsaro (1848) La battaglia di Legnano (1849) Luisa Miller (1849) Stiffelio (1850) Rigoletto (1851) Il trovatore (1853) La traviata (1853) Les vêpres siciliennes (1855) Simon Boccanegra (1857) Aroldo (1857) Un ballo in maschera (1859) La forza del destino (1862) Don Carlos (1867) Aida (1871) Otello (1887) Falstaff (1893)
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Jérusalem is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to a French libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz. The libretto is a translation and adaptation of the Italian libretto of Verdi's earlier opera of 1843, I Lombardi alla prima crociata. The first performance was given at the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on November 26, 1847.

In 1850, the French text was translated into Italian and performed as Gerusalemme at La Scala, Milan.

Contents 1 Roles 2 Noted arias 3 References 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, November 26, 1847[1] (Conductor: - )
Gaston, Viscount of Béarn	tenor	Gilbert Louis Duprez
The Count of Toulouse	baritone	Charles Portheaute
Roger, the Count's brother	bass	Adolphe Louis Joseph Alizard
Hélène, the Count's daughter	soprano	Mme Julian Van Gelder
Isaure, her companion	soprano	Mme Muller
Adhemar de Monteil, Papal Legate	bass	Hippolyte Bremont
Raymond, Gaston's squire	tenor	M. Barbot
A Soldier	bass	M. Prevost
A Herald	bass	M. Molinier
The Emir of Ramla	bass	M. Guignot
An officer of the Emir	tenor	M. Koenig
Knights, ladies, pages, soldiers, pilgrims, penitents, and executioner, Arab sheiks, women of the harem, and people of Ramla

[edit] Noted arias

• "Ah viens démon, esprit du mal" - Roger in Act I
• "Oh dans l'ombre, dans la mystère" - Roger in Act I
• "Quell'ivresse, bonheur suprême" - Hélène in Act II, Scene 1
• "Ô jour fatal, ô crime" - Roger in Act II, Scene 1
• "Je veux encore entendre" - Gaston in Act II, Scene 2
• "Mes plaintes mes plaintes sont vaines" - Hélène in Act III, Scene 1
• "Non, non votre rage" - Hélène in Act III, Scene 1
• "Ô mes amis, mes frères d'armes" - Gaston in Act III, Scene 2

[edit] References

• Holden, Amanda (ed.), The Viking Opera Guide, London: Viking, 1993. ISBN 0-670-81292-7

[edit] Notes

1. ^ List of singers taken from Budden, Julian: The Operas of Verdi (Cassell), vol 1, p. 340.

[edit] External links

• Synopsis
• Aria database