Proserpine (Saint-Saëns)

Proserpine is an 1887 drame lyrique in four acts by Camille Saint-Saëns to a libretto by Louis Gallet after Auguste Vacquerie.[1]

Proserpine
Drame lyrique by Camille Saint-Saëns
The composer in 1900, photographed by Pierre Petit
LibrettistLouis Gallet
LanguageFrench

Roles

  • Proserpine (soprano)
  • Angiola (soprano)
  • Sabatino (tenor)
  • Squarocca (baritone)
  • Renzo (basse)
  • Orlando (tenor)
  • Ercole (baritone)
  • Filippo (tenor)
  • Gil (tenor)
  • Une religieuse ‘a nun’
  • Trois jeunes filles ‘three girls’
  • Trois novices ‘three novices’
  • Seigneurs, mendiants, religieuses, soldats ‘Lords, mendicants, nuns, soldiers’

Recordings

  • Veronique Gens as Proserpine, Marie-Adeline Henry Angiola; Frédéric Antoun Sabatino; Andrew Foster-Williams Squarocca; Jean Teitgen Renzo; Mathias Vidal Orlando; Philippe-Nicolas Martin Ercole; Artavazd Sargsyan Filippo/Gil; Clémence Tilquin, a nun Munich Radio Orchestra Flanders radio choir Ulf Schirmer, Ediciones Singulares, sponsored Palazzetto Bru Zane 2016[2]

References

  1. Sabina Teller Ratner Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921: A Thematic Catalogue of His Complete Works 0198163207 2002
  2. Laurent Bury (2016-09-28). "Un Saint-Saëns n'arrive jamais seul". ForumOpera.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
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