Le comte Ory

  • Le Comte Ory (Tenor)
  • Insulating, Page of Count (mezzo- soprano)
  • Raimbaud, companion of Count (Bass)
  • Adèle de Formoutiers, Countess (soprano )
  • Ragonde, gatekeeper of the castle Formoutiers (mezzo- soprano)
  • Alice, a young peasant girl (soprano )
  • Ritter, friends of the Count, peasants, ladies (chorus )

Le Comte Ory (Le Comte Ory ) is a comic opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Charles have - Gaspard Delestre - Poirson based on the vaudeville piece Le Comte Orry et les Nonnes de Farmoutier. The playing time is about two hours and fifteen minutes. The work was premiered August 20, 1828 in Paris and is the penultimate opera by Rossini.

Formation

Rossini was looking for a way out of his individual numbers for the coronation of King Charles X. written opera Il viaggio a Reims opportunity (1825 ) to use in an independent cause of opera. Scribe and Delestre - Poirson introduced him to a vaudeville piece that is received in the libretto of Act II Le Comte Ory. About half of the score could be taken from Il viaggio, the residue was re-composed; in the first act just a number, while in the second act, only the duet Adèle / Ory and the aria Raimbauds were taken. However, also learned the parts taken great changes and adjustments, including a significant reduction in the number of people. From a mere rehash can in any case be no question: " ... Rossini used his new mastery of the French recitative and ensemble treatment to make the comedy a full-fledged, polished in every detail masterpiece ... " According to the customs of the Paris Opera renounced Rossini on spoken dialogue and developed through-composed scenes. Rossini treated the individual numbers from Il viaggio here in terms of his "serious" French operas such as Mosè in Egitto (1818 ) and Moïse et Pharaon (1827 ). " The music is dramatic result in the history of opera unique: an inseparable connection of Italian verve in tune invention and Gallic charm, from arrogance and ' sensibilité ' ... "

Performance history

The premiere of Le Comte Ory was a enthusiastically celebrated triumph, and the work remained for decades on the board of the Opera, in the 19th century for the last time in 1884. The opera was first played on other European stages, so 1829 in Berlin and 1830 in Italy language in Italy. In the 20th century, the opera fell like many other Rossini operas into oblivion. In 1952 the work was performed again as part of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ( with Sari Barabas as Adèle, Giulietta Simionato as insulation, Nicola Monti as Ory and Renato Capecchi as an educator ). Since then, there are regular, albeit more sporadically re-enactments; 2011, the opera was in Geneva, Zurich and New York Met ( DVD recording available) staged. A firm place in the repertoire has not yet found Rossini's last comedy.

Discography (selection)

Swell

  • Pipers encyclopedia of musical theater ', Munich, Zurich, 1986; Volume 5, pp. 449f
  • Richard Osborne, Rossini. Life and work. Earthscan, Munich 1988, pp. 282 ff
Bass (voice type) Comédie en vaudeville Charles X of France Sári Barabás Metropolitan Opera Vittorio Gui Andrew Davis London Philharmonic Orchestra Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro Diana Damrau Joyce DiDonato Integrated Authority File
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