Les âges
Template:Italic title Script error: No such module "Lang". (English: The Ages) or Script error: No such module "Lang". is an opéra-ballet in a prologue and three acts by the French composer André Campra. The libretto is by Louis Fuzelier. It was first performed by the Académie royale de musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 9 October 1718.
Structure
The three acts were entitled:
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- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Manhood or Pretty Love)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Old Age or Playful Love)
The 1718 printed score includes a further act entitled Script error: No such module "Lang". (Rival Ages), which is numbered as the third entrée, while Script error: No such module "Lang". (with some alterations) is turned into the fourth entrée.[1]
Roles
| Role | Voice type[2] | Premiere cast, 9 October 1718[3] |
|---|---|---|
| Prologue | ||
| Hébé | soprano | Marie-Catherine Poussin |
| Time | bass-baritone | Le Mire |
| Vénus | soprano | Marie Antier |
| Bacchus | bass-baritone | Justin Destouches du Bourg |
| Act 1 Script error: No such module "Lang". | ||
| Florise | soprano | Mlle Toulou |
| Artémise | haute-contre | Louis Murayre |
| Léandre | haute-contre | Jacques Cochereau |
| Zerbin | taille (baritenor) | Louis Mantienne |
| 'Script error: No such module "Lang".' | soprano | Mlle de la Garde |
| Act 2 Script error: No such module "Lang". | ||
| Eraste | bass-baritone | Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard |
| Lucinde | soprano | Marie-Catherine Poussin |
| Damon | haute-contre | Louis Murayre |
| Cléon | haute-contre | Guesdon |
| Act 3 Script error: No such module "Lang". | ||
| Fabio | bass-baritone | Jean Dun "père" |
| Silvanire | soprano | Marie Antier |
| Valère | baritone[4] | Jean Dun fils |
| Argant | taille (baritenor) | Louis Mantienne |
| Merlin | haute-contre | Jacques Cochereau |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | haute-contre | Guesdon |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | soprano | Mlle Haran[5] |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | haute-contre | Louis Murayre |
References
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- ↑ Les Ages. Ballet en Musique Par Monsieur Campra, Paris, Ballard, 1718 (digitized at IMSLP).
- ↑ According to the clefs used in the 1718 manuscript score (digitized at IMSLP).
- ↑ Template:Almanacco
- ↑ The part is notated in the quite unusual F-clef placed on the third line (baritone clef).
- ↑ Haran was a member of the corps de ballet: besides performing the role of Folly in the final dancing divertissement, she was also callep upon to sing Folly's arietta ("air la Folie", in the score), "Riens sur la terre et dans les cieux".
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Further reading
- Template:In lang Original libretto: Les Ages, Balet Representé pour la Premiere Fois par l'Académie Royale de Musique, Le Dimanche neuf Octobre 1718, Paris, Ribou, 1718 (accessible for free online at Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
- The Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (Viking, 1993)
- Le magazine de l'opéra baroque
External links
- Les âges: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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