Le postillon de Lonjumeau

  • Chapelou, postilion, and later under the name of St. Phar opera singer (tenor )
  • Madeleine, hostess, later wife of Latour (soprano )
  • Bijou, blacksmith, later as Alcindor chorister at the Opera (Bass)
  • Marquis de Corcy, royal chamberlain (baritone )
  • Bourdon, choir singer ( bass)
  • Rose, maid, wife of Latour (voice)

The postilion of Lonjumeau, French title Le Postilion de Lonjumeau, Opéra comique in three acts by Adolphe Adam. Premiere on 13 October 1836 in the Opéra -Comique ( Salle de la Bourse) to Paris, German premiere on June 3, 1837 in Berlin.

Action

The director of the Royal Opera House, Marquis of Corcy, accidentally discovered the brilliant tenor voice of Postillons Chapelou. The offer of the stage manager is so charming that Chapelou can not resist him, even though it's his wedding day. He secretly left his bride Madeleine before the wedding night. Ten years later, now he has become famous under the name of St. Phar, he meets Madeleine again, which has become a convenient inheritance to the chatelaine of Latour. He recognizes his former wife not again, falls in love with her ​​and keeps her wedding. Madeleine drives with her husband playing a double game by taking turns appears to him as a woman of Latour and Madeleine. The confusion reaches its climax when the Marquis of Corcy who has his hand also in love with the wife of Latour, St. Phar the crime of bigamy accused to the death penalty. As the guard rushes to escort St. Phar for execution says wife of Latour that there can not be a crime to marry the same woman twice.

Music

The music of this opera is a significant example of the buoyant spirit of the French opera conversation. Already in the overture, which is determined by the sound of horns, a reference to the profession of the tenor hero is present, then in the famous Postillonlied "Friends, perceive, the story" can shine with virtuosity and vocal level. The highlight of the second act is the aria of Alcindor "Surely the choir finest flower " which is their vocal scale exercises at the same time a reference to the vanity of singers. Highlight of the third act is the trio " hanged ", which is regarded as a masterpiece of compositional situation comedy. The filigree embodied lot of women of Latour is a bravura piece for a coloratura soprano.

Film

The postilion of Lonjumeau also partially listed as The postilion in wedding dress coat, is also a rotated after the opera title of Austrian feature film of the year 1936. 's Premiered on January 14, 1936 comedy directed by Carl Lamac and the script by Karl Peter Gillman, playing, among others, Alfred Neugebauer, Thekla Ahrens, Leo Slezak, Rose Stradner and Willy Berger calibration.

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