Haydée

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

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Wolff S. Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique. André Bonne, Paris, 1953.
  2. ↑ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).[http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco?r=&alm_giorno=28&alm_mese=12&alm_anno=1847&alm_testo=Hayd%E9e "Haydée, 28 December 1847"]. Almanacco Amadeus (in Italian).

Sources

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