A report on Esclarmonde, Jules Massenet and Joan Sutherland
Esclarmonde is an opéra (opéra romanesque) 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.
- EsclarmondeThe opera has been revived sporadically in the modern era, most notably during the 1970s with Joan Sutherland, conducted by Massenet champion Richard Bonynge.
- EsclarmondeShe 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.
- Joan SutherlandFor her, the composer revised Manon and wrote Esclarmonde (1889).
- Jules MassenetAmong the sopranos and mezzos are Dame Janet Baker, Victoria de los Ángeles, Natalie Dessay, Renée Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu and Dame Joan Sutherland.
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Richard Bonynge
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Australian conductor and pianist.
He is the widower of Australian dramatic coloratura soprano Dame Joan Sutherland.
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."