Les mariages samnites
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Les mariages samnites (The Samnite Marriages) is an opéra comique, described as a drame lyrique, in three acts by André Grétry, The French text was by Barnabé Farmain de Rosoi based on a work by Jean François Marmontel.
Performance history
It was first performed on 12 June 1776 by the Comédie-Italienne (the name of the Opéra-Comique at that time) at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast,[1] 12 June 1776 (Conductor: - ) |
|---|---|---|
| Agathis, in love with Céphalide | tenor | Clairval[2] |
| Parmenon, friend of Agathis | tenor | Julien |
| Eumene, father of Agathis | bass | Pierre-Marie Narbonne[3] |
| Céphalide | soprano | Marie-Jean Trial[4] |
| Éliane, friend of Céphalide | soprano | Colombe[5] |
| Euphémie, mother of Céphalide | soprano | Moulinghen |
| The Samnite Chief | Meunier | |
References
Notes
- ↑ Cast list is from the 1776 livret (nouvelle édition). Full names and life dates are from Kutsch & Riemens, when found.
- ↑ Clairval was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Guignard (27 April 1737 – January 1795).
- ↑ Pierre-Marie Narbonne (born 1751; died ?)
- ↑ Marie-Jean Trial [née Milon] (1 April 1746 – 15 February 1818), first sang under the name of Mlle Félicité Mandeville and married the tenor Antoine Trial in 1770.
- ↑ Mlle Colombe (22 October 1754 – 28 March 1837)
Sources
- Amadeus Almanac, accessed 4 November 2008
- Mariages samnites, Les by Michael Fend, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
- Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2003). Grosses Sängerlexikon (fourth edition, in German). Munich: K. G. Saur. ISBN 978-3-598-11598-1.
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