A report on Esclarmonde
Opéra in four acts and eight tableaux, with prologue and epilogue, by Jules Massenet, to a French libretto by Alfred Blau and Louis Ferdinand de Gramont.
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Jules Massenet
6 linksFrench composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty.
French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty.
For her, the composer revised Manon and wrote Esclarmonde (1889).
Joan Sutherland
5 linksAustralian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.
Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.
She continued to add dramatic bel canto roles to her repertoire, such as Donizetti's Maria Stuarda and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as Massenet's Esclarmonde.
Richard Bonynge
2 linksAustralian conductor and pianist.
Australian conductor and pianist.
By doing some research and reading up on Massenet and Italian bel canto composers, Bonynge discovered Massenet's own statement about his opera Esclarmonde being his "best achievement."
Massenet Festival
3 linksBiennale festival of music by French composer, Jules Massenet held in Saint-Étienne, France, close to the area where the composer was born.
Biennale festival of music by French composer, Jules Massenet held in Saint-Étienne, France, close to the area where the composer was born.
In 1992 Esclarmonde was staged (with Denia Mazzola Gavazzeni in the title role) along with Grisélidis and the oratorio La Terre Promise (with Laurent Naouri), while the Third Massenet Festival in 1994 brought revivals of Panurge, and Le Cid.
Denia Mazzola
2 linksItalian operatic soprano.
Italian operatic soprano.
She subsequently distinguished herself and her talent for dramatic coloratura roles as Violetta in La Traviata, the title roles in Lucrezia Borgia and Maria Stuarda, Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux, and the very demanding title role in Esclarmonde which she sang first during the Massenet Festival in Saint-Étienne (October 1992), repeating it in Teatro Massimo of Palermo (January 1993).
Jean-Louis Pichon
2 linksFrench stage director, opera manager and author.
French stage director, opera manager and author.
His work on the rarely performed operas of Massenet earned him an invitation to the Teatro Massimo in Palermo which entrusted him to stage Esclarmonde in January 1993 (conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni).
Sibyl Sanderson
1 linksFamous American operatic soprano during the Parisian Belle Époque.
Famous American operatic soprano during the Parisian Belle Époque.
She was his favorite soprano and appeared in the premieres of a number of his operas, the roles having been created for her unique talents (her professional debut took place in Paris in the title role in Esclarmonde).
Huguette Tourangeau
2 linksFrench-Canadian operatic mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories.
French-Canadian operatic mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories.
She made her formal Metropolitan Opera debut on November 28, 1973, as Nicklausse in The Tales of Hoffmann (with Plácido Domingo in the name part), and later sang Dorabella in Così fan tutte (1975–76), Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro (opposite Justino Díaz and Judith Blegen, 1976) and Parséïs in Esclarmonde (opposite Sutherland, 1976).
Louis Quilico
2 linksCanadian opera singer.
Canadian opera singer.
During the Met's 1976 season, he debuted the role of the Bishop of Blois in their premiere of Massenet's Esclarmonde, repeating his earlier commercial recording of the same role from a year earlier.
Eugène Carpezat
0 linksAcclaimed French scenographer in the Belle Époque.
Acclaimed French scenographer in the Belle Époque.
Upon Lavastre's death, in 1883, Carpezat briefly joined hands with Lavastre's younger brother, Jean-Baptiste, to design the premieres of a.o. Bruneau's Le rêve (1891), Massenet's Esclarmonde (1889) and Le mage (1891), and Saint-Saëns' Ascanio (1890).