L'Europe galante
L'Europe galante (Galant Europe) is an opéra-ballet in a prologue and four entrées by André Campra to a French libretto by Antoine Houdar de la Motte.
The opera is regarded as the first opéra-ballet, with the entrées sharing a common theme – in this case 'love' in four countries, France (entrée 1), Spain (entrée 2), Italy (entrée 3) and Turkey (entrée 4) – rather than a common narrative.
Performance history
L'Europe Galante was first performed on 24 October 1697 by the Paris Opéra under Marin Marais in the Salle du Palais-Royal in Paris. It was successful and was revived periodically until 1775. In 1997 – on the 300th anniversary of its creation – Istanbul Baroque led by Leyla Pınar staged L'Europe Galante in Istanbul Dolmabahçe Palace. They then toured it to the Brussels Printemps baroque du Sablon festival the same year.[1]
Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 24 October 1697[2] Conductor: Marin Marais |
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Vénus (prologue) | soprano | Clément |
La Discorde (prologue) | taille (baritenor) | Claude Desvoyes |
Philène (1) | haute-contre (high tenor) | Jean Boutelou |
Silvandre (1) | bass | Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard |
Céphise (1) | soprano | Marie-Louise Desmatins |
Doris (1) | soprano | Dupeyré |
Dom Carlos (2) | bass | Charles Hardouin |
Dom Pédro (2) | haute-contre (high tenor) | Pierre Chopelet |
Octavio (3) | haute-contre (high tenor) | Louis Gaulard Dumesny |
Olympia (3) | soprano | Fanchon Moreau |
Zuliman (4) | bass | Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard |
Roxane (4) | soprano | Marie Le Rochois |
Zäide (4) | soprano | Marie-Louise Desmatins |
Sources
Further reading
- Anthony, James R. (1992), "Europe galante, L" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
External links
- L'Europe galante (Campra): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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- L'Europe galante (1697)
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- Hésione (1700)
- Tancrède (1702)
- Iphigénie en Tauride (1704)
- Télémaque (1704)
- Alcine (1705)
- Hippodamie (1708)
- Les fêtes vénitiennes (1710)
- Idoménée (1712)
- Télèphe (1713)
- Camille, reine des Volsques (1717)
- Les âges (1718)
- Achille et Déidamie (1735)
- Category:Operas by André Campra