L'île de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé
L'île de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé (Merlin's Island, or the World Upended) is an opéra comique in one act composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck to a 1753 French libretto by Louis Anseaume based on Alain René Lesage and D'Orneval's 1718 vaudeville comedy Le monde renversé. Gluck's version was first performed on 3 October 1758 at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.[1][2]
Roles
| Role | Voice type[3] | Premiere Cast, 3 October 1758 |
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| Merlin | tenor | |
| Argentine, Merlin's niece | soprano | |
| Diamantine, Merlin's niece | soprano | |
| Pierrot | bass | |
| Scapin | bass | |
| A philosopher | tenor | |
| M. de la Candeur, a dandy | tenor | |
| Hippocratine | soprano | |
| Chevalier de Catonville, a procurator | tenor | |
| M. Prud'homme, a notary | bass | |
| Hanif | tenor | |
| Zerbin | spoken role | |
References
- Koob, Lindsay (23 May 2007). "Review: L'Ile de Merlin". Charleston City Paper
- Hauschka, Thomas (2005). "Preface" (English translation by Bradford J. Robinson). L'Ile de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé piano/vocal score, pp. x–xii. Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle
- Roles and voice types from Hauschka (2005) p. iii
External links
- Anseaume's 1753 revised French libretto for Le monde renversé at Google Books
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