L'Europe galante
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L'Europe galante (Galant Europe) is an opéra-ballet in a prologue and four entrées by André Campra, The French text was by Antoine Houdar de Lamotte.
The opera is regarded as the first opéra-ballet, with the entrées sharing a common theme - in this case 'love' in four different countries, France (entrée 1), Spain (entrée 2), Italy (entrée 3) and Turkey (entrée 4) - rather than a common narrative.
[edit] Performance history
L'Europe galante was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 24 October 1697 under Marin Marais. It was successful and was revived periodically until 1775.
[edit] Roles
| Premiere, 24 October 1697 (Conductor: Marin Marais ) |
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| Vénus (prologue) | soprano | Clément |
| Philène (1) | haute-contre or high tenor | Antoine Boutelou |
| Silvandre (1) | bass | Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard |
| Céphise (1) | soprano | Marie-Louise-Antoinette Desmatins |
| Doris (1) | Soprano | Dupeyré |
| Dom Carlos (2) | bass | Charles Hardouin |
| Dom Pédro (2) | haute-contre or high tenor | Pierre Chopelet |
| Octavio (3) | haute-contre or high tenor | Louis Gaulard Dumesny |
| Olympia (3) | Soprano | Fanchon Moreau |
| Zuliman (4) | bass | Thévenard |
| Roxane (4) | soprano | Marie Le Rochois |
| Zäide (4) | Soprano | Desmatins |
[edit] Sources
- Anthony, James R (1992), 'Europe galante, L in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
- Amadeus Almanac]
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