Dardanus (opera)

  • Vénus (soprano )
  • Amour, her son
  • Iphise, daughter of Teucer (soprano )
  • Dardanus, son of Zeus and Electra (Tenor)
  • Antenor, prince and ally Teucers ( bass-baritone )
  • Teucer, king of Phrygia ( bass-baritone )
  • Isménor, mage and priest of Zeus ( bass)

Dardanus is an opera in a prologue and five acts by Jean -Philippe Rameau (music ), with a libretto by Charles -Antoine Leclerc de La Bruère.

Action

Dardanus is at war with King Teucer, who has promised to give his daughter to the prince Antenor Iphise wife. Dardanus and Iphise get to through the mediation of the magician Isménor know and fall in love. Dardanus fought a monster that threatens Teucers Kingdom and thereby saves the life of Antenor in its unsuccessful attempt to kill the monster. Teucer and Dardanus make peace and Dardanus married Iphise.

Formation

The original libretto of the diplomat and poet opportunity Leclerc de La Bruère loosely based on the Greek myth of Dardanus. The first version of the opera 1739 experienced only a few performances because of the weaknesses of the plot. Rameau worked the opera then in 1744 radically to: only the first two acts have remained largely unchanged, while the rest of the piece was loaded with a lot more drama. Rameau described the second version, consequently, as nouvelle Tragedie. 1760 was still a second, smaller Makeover, in the accounted for the prologue.

Music

While the plot of Dardanus already came because of their weaknesses in Rameau's contemporaries criticized, opera house is considered due to their differentiated music as one of the highlights of Tragédie lyrique.

Reception history

In the 20th century the opera was first brought reluctantly to the stage. In 1907 she was listed in Dijon, in Paris in 1979 under Raymond Leppard. Performances in Basel (1981) and Wuppertal (1984 ) followed. The new edition of the Opera by Mary Elizabeth C. Bartlet and Sylvie Bouissou, based on the version of 1739, but two scenes from the version of 1744 incorporated, formed in 1998, the basis of a concert performance and a CD recording under the baton of Marc Minkowski. 2004 was followed by a stage production in Freiburg im Breisgau, 2006 in London and 2008 in Trier.

Recordings / records

  • Choeur et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l' Opéra de Paris, Raymond Leppard (Dir. ); Georges Gautier ( Dardanus ), Frederica von Stade ( Iphise ), Christiane Eda -Pierre ( Venus ), Michaël Devlin ( Antenor ), Roger Soyer ( Teucer ), José Van Dam ( Isménor ). Erato 1980 ( mixed version 1739/44, without prologue )
  • Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (Dir. ); John Mark Ainsley ( Dardanus ), Véronique Gens ( Iphise ), Laurent Naouri ( Antenor ), Mireille Delunsch ( Venus ), Jean -Philippe Courtis ( Isménor ), Russell Smythe ( Teucer ). German Grammophon / Archiv Produktion 1998 ( amended in 1739 with additions made ​​as amended in 1744)

In addition, there are a number of recordings of instrumental orchestral suite, which consists of excerpts from the opera.

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