Le Juif errant (opera)
Template:Short description Template:Infobox opera Le Juif errant (The Wandering Jew) is a grand opera by Fromental Halévy, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
The opera is based extremely loosely on themes of the novel Le Juif errant, by Eugène Sue. Whilst the novel is set in 19th century Paris and the Wandering Jew is incidental to the main story-line, the opera begins in Amsterdam in 1190 and the Jew Ahasuerus (spelled Ashvérus[1] in the opera) is a leading character.
Performance history
Le Juif errant was premiered at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opera on 23 April 1852, and had 48 further performances over two seasons. The music was sufficiently popular to generate a Wandering Jew Mazurka, a Wandering Jew Waltz, a Wandering Jew PolkaTemplate:Sfnp and in France just in the several months after the opera was premiered an even more considerable quantity of piano works, including several called "Grande fantaisie dramatique" and similar titles, based on the opera.[2]
Roles
.jpg){kind=link}
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast,[3] 23 April 1852 Conductor: Narcisse Girard |
|---|---|---|
| Ashvérus, the Wandering Jew | baritone | Eugène Massol |
| Nicéphore, Emperor of the Orient | bass | Louis-Henri Obin |
| Léon, descendant of Ashvérus | tenor | Gustave-Hippolyte Roger |
| Théodora, boatwoman of the Scheldt, sister of Léon | mezzo-soprano | Template:Ill |
| Irène, daughter of Baudoin, Count of Flanders, also a descendant of Ashvérus | soprano | Template:Ill[4] |
| Lady of honor | soprano | Petit-Brière |
| The exterminating angel | tenor | Chapuis |
| Ludgers, bandit chief | bass | Depassio |
| Manoel, first bandit | bass | Canaple |
| Andronic, second bandit | bass | Guigneau[5] |
| Jean, third bandit | bass | Noir |
| Arbas, fourth bandit | bass | Goyon |
| Night watchman | baritone | Merly |
| An officer of the palace | baritone | Lyon |
| A lord | baritone | Molinier |
| Another lord | tenor | Donzel |
| Chorus: lords, ladies, and people of Antwerp; robbers and bad boys; shopkeepers, inhabitants of Brabant; lords and ladies of Emperor Nicéphore's court; people of Thessalonica; people of Constantinople; mutes, almées (harem entertainers), slaves; Emperor's guards; Empress Irène's lady; angel, demons, the chosen, the damned, etc. | ||
References
Notes
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Sue's spelling of the name was 'Ahasvérus', a version also used by Edgar Quinet. However, Scribe's version of the name can be found in earlier literature (e.g. in 1834)
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Cast list based on Template:Harvp, and Template:Harvp, (and the index for full names).
- ↑ The libretto and Template:Harvp, write this singer's name as Lagrua. Template:Harvp, have an extensive article on her and give the name as Emma (Emmy, Emilia) La Grua, née Emmy Funk. Referred to in Template:Harvp, as 'Lagrua' (see p. 879 for short note) and Template:Harvp, as Emilie Carini (also Emmy la Grua). Template:Harvp, gives the name Emmy La Grua.
- ↑ Template:Harvp, lists a baritone by the name of Guignot, who first appeared at the Paris Opera ca. 1848.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Sources
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Further reading
- Jordan, Ruth (1994). Fromental Halévy: His Life & Music, 1799–1862. London: Kahn & Averill. Template:ISBN.
- Macdonald, Hugh (2001). "Halévy, (Jacques-François-)Fromental(-Elie) [Fromentin(-Elias)]" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan. Template:ISBN (hardcover). Template:Catalog lookup link (eBook).
- Scribe, Eugène (1858). Le Juif errant in Oeuvres complètes de M. Eugène Scribe, new edition, volume XVII, pp. 149–164. Paris: Adolphe Delahays. View at Google Books.
External links
- Template:Sister-inline
- Le Juif errant (Halévy): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Template:Fromental Halévy Template:Portal bar Template:Authority control
- Pages with script errors
- Pages with broken file links
- Works with IMSLP links
- Articles with International Music Score Library Project links
- Operas
- French-language operas
- Operas by Fromental Halévy
- Grand operas
- 1852 operas
- Opera world premieres at the Paris Opera
- Wandering Jew
- Libretti by Eugène Scribe
- Adaptations of works by Eugène Sue