L'ambassadrice
L'ambassadrice is an opera or opéra comique in 3 acts by composer Daniel Auber. The work's French language libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. The opera's world premiere was staged by the Opéra-Comique at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris on 21 December 1836.[1] It was revived in Paris on 4 January 2013 [2] by the opera company Les Frivolités Parisiennes at the initiative of two research fellows who specialized in nineteenth-century historically informed performance, Pierre Girod (vocal coach) and Charlotte Loriot (stage director).
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| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast,[3] 21 December 1836 (Conductor:) |
Revival Cast (Conductor: Mathieu Romano)[4] |
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| Duke of Valberg | tenor | Théodore-Étienne-François Moreau-Sainti | Christophe Crapez |
| Countess Augusta of Fierschemberg | soprano | Monsel | Dorothée Thivet |
| Fortunatus | bass | Roy | Guillaume Paire |
| Madame Barneck | mezzo-soprano | Marie-Julie Halligner | Laure Ilef |
| Henriette | soprano | Laure Cinti-Damoreau | Magali Léger |
| Charlotte | soprano | Jenny Colon | Estelle Lefort |
| Benedict | tenor | Joseph-Antoine-Charles Couderc | Jean-François Novelli |
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References
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Auber, 21 December 1836". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- L'ambassadrice: opera-comique By Daniel François Esprit Auber, Eugène Scribe, Henri Saint-Georges at google books
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