L'île de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé
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L'île de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé (Merlin's Island, or the World Upended) is an opéra comique in one act composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck to a 1753 French libretto by Louis Anseaume based on Alain René Lesage and D'Orneval's 1718 vaudeville comedy Le monde renversé. Gluck's version was first performed on 3 October 1758 at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.[1][2]
Roles
| Role | Voice type[3] | Premiere Cast, 3 October 1758 |
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| Merlin | tenor | |
| Argentine, Merlin's niece | soprano | |
| Diamantine, Merlin's niece | soprano | |
| Pierrot | bass | |
| Scapin | bass | |
| A philosopher | tenor | |
| M. de la Candeur, a dandy | tenor | |
| Hippocratine | soprano | |
| Chevalier de Catonville, a procurator | tenor | |
| M. Prud'homme, a notary | bass | |
| Hanif | tenor | |
| Zerbin | spoken role | |
References
- ↑ Koob, Lindsay (23 May 2007). "Review: L'Ile de Merlin". Charleston City Paper
- ↑ Hauschka, Thomas (2005). "Preface" (English translation by Bradford J. Robinson). L'Ile de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé piano/vocal score, pp. x–xii. Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle
- ↑ Roles and voice types from Hauschka (2005) p. iii
External links
- Anseaume's 1753 revised French libretto for Le monde renversé at Google Books
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