Le lac des fées (The Fairy Lake) is a grand opera in five acts composed by Daniel Auber to a French libretto by Eugène Scribe and Mélesville (the pen name of Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier). The story is set in the Harz Mountains and based on a German ballad. The opera was premiered by the Paris Opera at the Salle Le Peletier on 1 April 1839.
Roles
edit| Role[1] | Voice type[2] | Premiere Cast,[3] 1 April 1839 (Conductor: ) |
|---|---|---|
| Zéila, young fairy | soprano | Maria Delorès Nau |
| Albert, student | tenor | Gilbert Duprez |
| Marguerite, innkeeper | soprano | Rosine Stoltz |
| Rodolphe de Cronembourg, seigneur châtelain | bass | Nicolas Levasseur |
| Issachar, Jewish merchant | tenor | Pierre François Wartel |
| Fritz, student, companion of Albert | bass | Ferdinand Prévôt |
| Conrad, student, companion of Albert | tenor | Alexis Dupont |
| Pickler, crook | bass | Molinier |
| Edda, young fairy | soprano | Élian Barthélemy |
| A young shepherd | soprano | Élian Barthélemy |
References
editNotes
- ^ Scribe libretto from Œuvres complètes, 1841.
- ^ Vocal score at IMSLP.
- ^ 1839 libretto; Tamvaco 2000, pp. 869–870.
Sources
- Charlton, David, The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera, Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp 184–186. ISBN 0-521-64683-9
- Chorley, Henry Fothergill, Modern German Music: Recollections and Criticisms, Smith, Elder, 1854, pp. 246–247.
- Clément, Félix and Larousse, Pierre, "Lac des fées (Le)", Dictionnaire lyrique ou Histoire des opéras, Slatkine, 1999, p. 392 (in French). ISBN 2-05-101696-8
- Tamvaco, Jean-Louis (2000). Les Cancans de l'Opéra. Chroniques de l'Académie Royale de Musique et du théâtre, à Paris sous les deux restorations (2 volumes, in French). Paris: CNRS Editions. ISBN 978-2-271-05685-6.
External links
edit- Vocal score: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 1839 libretto at Gallica
- Complete libretto in the original French from Œuvres complètes de M. Eugène Scribe (Volume 2), Furne, 1841, pp. 123–146.
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Le lac des fées, 1 April 1839". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).