Marie Victoire
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| Marie Victoire | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Ottorino Respighi | |
Respighi in 1912 | |
| Librettist | Edmond Guiraud |
| Language | French |
| Based on | Guiraud's play |
| Premiere | |
Marie Victoire (1912–1914, première 2004) is a French-language opera in four acts by the composer Ottorino Respighi to a libretto by Edmond Guiraud (1879–1961) based on his French-language play of the same name, set in the French Revolution.
This opera was composed between 1912 and 1914[1] but, in spite of various plans, was not performed during the life of Respighi, due to the outbreak of World War I but also to the hostility towards the work of the wife of the composer, Elsa.[2]
It was premiered on 27 January 2004 at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome.[3][4]
Marie Victoire is an opera with a large number of characters, distinguished for the «frequent recourse to direct citations of revolutionary songs and court dances» and for a «vocal style that associates to the classical lyric singing the declamation and the arioso without veristic excesses».[5]
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 27 January 2004 Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti[2][5] |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Victoire de Lanjallay | soprano | Nelly Miricioiu |
| Maurice de Lanjallay | baritone | Alberto Gazales |
| Le Chevalier Clorivière | tenor | Alberto Cupido |
| Cloteau | bass | Giorgio Surian |
| Kermarec | baritone | |
| Simon | baritone | |
| Lison Fleuriot | soprano | |
| Caracalla | tenore | |
| La Marquise de Langlade | mezzo-soprano | |
| Le Marquis de Langlade | tenore | |
| La Novice | soprano | |
| Du Fulgoët | bass | |
| Le Marquis de Grandchamp | baritone | |
| Le Vicomte | baritone | |
| Le Chevalier | baritone | |
| L’Abbé | tenore | |
| Le Commissaire | bass | |
| Emérantine | mezzo-soprano | |
| Monsieur Pasques | baritone | |
| Chorus (s,a,t,b) | ||