Haydée

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For the given name, see Haydée (given name).

Daniel Auber

Operas La muette de Portici (1828) Fra Diavolo (1830) Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué (1833) Le cheval de bronze (1835) L'ambassadrice (1836) Le domino noir (1837) Le lac des fées (1839) Les diamants de la couronne (1841) La part du diable (1843) Haydée, ou Le Secret (1847) L'enfant prodigue (1850) Manon Lescaut (1856) La circassienne (1861) Le premier jour de bonheur (1868) See also: Operas by Auber
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Haydée, ou Le secret is an opéra comique by the French composer Daniel Auber, first performed by the Théâtre Royal de l'Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris on 28 December 1847. The libretto (in three acts) is by Auber's regular collaborator, Eugène Scribe and is based on a short story by Prosper Mérimée, La Partie de trictrac (1830).

The opera was performed regularly by the Opéra-Comique up to the end of the 19th century, achieving over 520 performances there.^[1]

Roles

Anne-Benoîte-Louise Lavoye as Haydée

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast,^[1]^[2] 28 December 1847 (Conductor: Théodore Labarre)
Andréa Donato	tenor	Marius-Pierre Audran
Doménico	tenor	Edmond-Jules Delaunay-Ricquier
Haydée	soprano	Anne-Benoîte-Louise Lavoye
Lorédan Grimani	tenor	Gustave-Hippolyte Roger
Malipieri	bass	Léonard Hermann-Léon
Rafaela	soprano	Sophie Grimm

Synopsis

The story is set during the 16th century wars between Venice and the Ottoman Empire and concerns a Venetian admiral, Lorédan, who can never forgive himself for once having cheated at dice. The title character is a Cypriot slave girl; her name is taken from Haidée, the pirate king's daughter, in Byron's poem Don Juan.

Recordings

Isabelle Philippe (Haydée); Bruno Comparetti (Lorédan Grimani); Paul Medioni (Malipieri); Anne Sophie Schmidt (Rafaela); Mathias Vidal (Andréa Donato); Stéphane Malbec-Garcia (Doménico); Michael Swiereczewski (conductor); Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne; Pierre Jourdan (artistic director); André Brasilier (scenery); Jean-Pierre Capeyron (costumes); Thierry Alexandre (lighting). Kultur Video D4244 (Region 1, NTSC, 137 min, 16:9 anamorphic), 2005.

References

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Wolff S. Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique. André Bonne, Paris, 1953.
↑ Amadeus Almanac, accessed 30 December 2009

Sources

Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-14-029312-4

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