Le Château des Carpathes (opera)

Le Château des Carpathes is a French-language opera by Philippe Hersant to a libretto by Jorge Silva Melo (born 1948) based on the novel Le Château des Carpathes by Jules Verne.[1][2][3] The opera was performed in concert in 1992, first fully staged in 1993, in a staging by André Wilms, then again in 1994.[4]

Roles

La Stilla: Sylvie Valayre
L'Aubergiste: Isabel Garcisanz
Franz de Télek: Christer Bladin
Baron de Garz: Marcel Vanaud

Recording

Le Château des Carpathes, original cast: Sylvie Valayre, Isabel Garcisanz, Christer Bladin, Marcel Vanaud, Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpellier, David Robertson (conductor) 2-CD album. Accord 1993

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References

Richard Langham Smith, Caroline Potter: French Music Since Berlioz, 2006– p. 150. "In a different vein, Philippe Hersant (born 1948) has a communicative tonal language and has written two operas: Les visites espacées, which is a chamber work, and the more substantial Le chateau des Carpathes (The chateau of the Carpathians)..."
Philippe Hersant Le Château des Carpathes, 1992 Archived 2013-09-24 at Archive.today
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Opera 1994 – "JOEL KASOW Montpellier Philippe Hersant's Chateau des Carpathes received a second baptism (October 27) when the ... Pascal Rophé, lacked the sweeping engagement of David Robertson and because the staging by Andre Wilms did not fully match my interior vision in 1992 ... Isabel Garcisanz, Marcel Vanaud, and a broken-wristed Christer Bladin repeated their roles ..."

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[1] Richard Langham Smith, Caroline Potter: French Music Since Berlioz, 2006– p. 150. "In a different vein, Philippe Hersant (born 1948) has a communicative tonal language and has written two operas: Les visites espacées, which is a chamber work, and the more substantial Le chateau des Carpathes (The chateau of the Carpathians)..."

[2] Philippe Hersant Le Château des Carpathes, 1992 Archived 2013-09-24 at Archive.today

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] Opera 1994 – "JOEL KASOW Montpellier Philippe Hersant's Chateau des Carpathes received a second baptism (October 27) when the ... Pascal Rophé, lacked the sweeping engagement of David Robertson and because the staging by Andre Wilms did not fully match my interior vision in 1992 ... Isabel Garcisanz, Marcel Vanaud, and a broken-wristed Christer Bladin repeated their roles ..."