L'île du rêve explained

L'île du rêve ("The Dream Island") is an 1898 French opera set in Polynesia. It was the first opera by Reynaldo Hahn. The idylle polynésienne in three acts has a libretto by André Alexandre and Georges Hartmann, which was adapted from Pierre Loti's semi-autobiographical 1880 novel Rarahu or Le Mariage de Loti set in Tahiti. It premiered on 23 March 1898 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.^{[1] [2]}

Recording

!Year!Cast!ConductorOrchestra!Label

2020

Hélène Guilmette, Cyrille Dubois, Anaïk Morel, Artavazd Sargsyan, Ludivine Gombert, Thomas Dolié

Hervé NiquetMünchner Rundfunkorchester

Palazzetto Bru ZaneBZ 1042^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: L'Île du rêve. Reynaldo-Hahn.net. 2020-08-15.
2. Book: Greene. David Mason. Greene. Constance. Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers. 1985. Garden City, New York. Doubleday. 1040. 0385142781. 12217368. In 1898 the Opéra-Comique produced his first opera, L'Ile du rêve (The Dream Isle)..
3. Web site: [:it]L'Île du rêve - Reynaldo Hahn - Bru Zane [:fr]L'Île du rêve - Reynaldo Hahn - Bru Zane [:]]. 2021-01-20. Bru Zane. en.