Maria di Rohan
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Maria di Rohan is a melodramma tragico, or tragic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Salvatore Cammarano. It premiered at the Kärntnertortheater, Vienna on June 5, 1843.
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[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, June 5, 1843 (Conductor: - ) |
|---|---|---|
| Maria, countess of Rohan | soprano | Eugenia Tadolini |
| Riccardo, count of Chalais | tenor | Carlo Guasco |
| Enrico, duke of Chevreuse | baritone | Giorgio Ronconi |
| Armando di Gondì | tenor (then contralto) | Michele Novaro |
| The visconte of Suze | bass | Friedrich Becher |
| de Fiesque | bass | Gustav Hölzel |
| Aubry, secretary of Chalais | tenor | Anton Müller |
| A familiar of Chevreuse | bass | |
| Knights, the king's cabinet, pages, guards and domestic servants of Chevreuse | ||
[edit] Synopsis
Donizetti set before Cammarano the subject of a recent play by Lockroy and Edmond Badon Un duel sous le cardinal de Richelieu, which had played in Paris in 1832.
Donizetti and Cammarano imagine that the comte de Chalais, lover of Marie de Rohan, intercedes with the king, Louis XIII, to save the life of the duc de Chevreuse, condemned to death for having killed in a duel a nephew of Cardinal Richelieu. But Chalais discovers that Marie has secretly married the duke, when he takes part in a duel with Armand de Gondi. And Chevreuse, deciding to replace his benefactor in the duel, discovers that his friend has been the lover of his wife.
[edit] Selected recordings
(1996, Vienna). Edita Gruberova, Octavio Arévalo, Ettore Kim, Ulrika Precht, Ivan Urbas, Wiener Konzertchor, Radio Symphonieorchester Wien cond. Elio Boncompagni. Nightingale NC 070567-2
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