L'ambassadrice is an opera or opéra comique in 3 acts by composer Daniel Auber. The work's French language libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. The opera's world premiere was staged by the Opéra-Comique at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris on 21 December 1836. It was revived in Paris on 4 January 2013 [1] by the opera company Les Frivolités Parisiennes at the initiative of two research fellows who specialized in nineteenth-century historically informed performance, Pierre Girod (vocal coach) and Charlotte Loriot (stage director).
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast,[2] 21 December 1836 (Conductor:) | Revival Cast (Conductor: Mathieu Romano)[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke of Valberg | tenor | Théodore-Étienne-François Moreau-Sainti | Christophe Crapez | |
| Countess Augusta of Fierschemberg | soprano | Monsel | Dorothée Thivet | |
| Fortunatus | bass | Roy | Guillaume Paire | |
| Madame Barneck | mezzo-soprano | Marie-Julie Halligner | Laure Ilef | |
| Henriette | soprano | Magali Léger | ||
| Charlotte | soprano | Jenny Colon | Estelle Lefort | |
| Benedict | tenor | Jean-François Novelli |