L'ambassadrice

L'ambassadrice is an opera or opéra comique in 3 acts by composer Daniel Auber. The work's French language libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. The opera's world premiere was staged by the Opéra-Comique at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris on 21 December 1836.[1] It was revived in Paris on 4 January 2013 [2] by the opera company Les Frivolités Parisiennes at the initiative of two research fellows who specialized in nineteenth-century historically informed performance, Pierre Girod (vocal coach) and Charlotte Loriot (stage director).

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast,[3] 21 December 1836
(Conductor:)
Revival Cast (Conductor: Mathieu Romano)[4]
Duke of Valberg tenor Théodore-Étienne-François Moreau-Sainti Christophe Crapez
Countess Augusta of Fierschemberg soprano Monsel Dorothée Thivet
Fortunatus bass Roy Guillaume Paire
Madame Barneck mezzo-soprano Marie-Julie Halligner Laure Ilef
Henriette soprano Laure Cinti-Damoreau Magali Léger
Charlotte soprano Jenny Colon Estelle Lefort
Benedict tenor Joseph-Antoine-Charles Couderc Jean-François Novelli

References

  1. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).[http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco?r=&alm_giorno=21&alm_mese=12&alm_anno=1836&alm_testo=Auber "Auber, 21 December 1836"]. Almanacco Amadeus (Italian).
  2. L'ambassadrice: opera-comique By Daniel François Esprit Auber, Eugène Scribe, Henri Saint-Georges at google books
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