Haydée
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Haydée, ou Le secret is an opéra comique by the French composer Daniel Auber, first performed at the Théâtre Royal de l'Opéra-Comique, Paris on 28 December 1847. The libretto (in three acts) is by Auber's regular collaborator, Eugène Scribe and is based on a short story by Prosper Mérimée, La Partie de trictrac (1830).
The opera was performed regularly by the Opéra-Comique up to the end of the 19th century, achieving over 520 performances there.[1]
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[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast[1][2], 28 December 1847 (Conductor: Théodore Labarre) |
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| Andréa Donato | tenor | Marius-Pierre Audran |
| Doménico | tenor | Edmond-Jules Delaunay-Ricquier |
| Haydée | soprano | Anne-Benoîte-Louise Lavoye |
| Lorédan Grimani | tenor | Gustave-Hippolyte Roger |
| Malipieri | bass | Léonard Hermann-Léon |
| Rafaela | soprano | Sophie Grimm |
[edit] Synopsis
The story is set during the 16th century wars between Venice and the Ottoman Empire and concerns a Venetian admiral, Lorédan, who can never forgive himself for once having cheated at dice. The title character is a Cypriot slave girl; her name is taken from Haidée, the pirate king's daughter, in Byron's poem Don Juan.
[edit] Recordings
- Isabelle Philippe (Haydée); Bruno Comparetti (Lorédan Grimani); Paul Medioni (Malipieri); Anne Sophie Schmidt (Rafaela); Mathias Vidal (Andréa Donato); Stéphane Malbec-Garcia (Doménico); Michael Swiereczewski (conductor); Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne; Pierre Jourdan (artistic director); André Brasilier (scenery); Jean-Pierre Capeyron (costumes); Thierry Alexandre (lighting). Kultur Video D4244 (Region 1, NTSC, 137 min, 16:9 anamorphic), 2005.
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ a b Wolff S. Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique. André Bonne, Paris, 1953.
- ^ Amadeus Almanac, accessed 30 December 2009
- Sources
- Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-140-29312-4
