L'ancêtre Explained
| French: L'ancêtre |
| Genre: | French: [[drame lyrique]] |
| Composer: | Camille Saint-Saëns |
| Librettist: | Lucien Augé de Lassus |
| Language: | French |
| Premiere Location: | French: [[Opéra de Monte-Carlo]] |
L'ancêtre ("The Ancestor") is a 1905 French: [[drame lyrique]] in 3 acts by Camille Saint-Saëns to a libretto by Lucien Augé de Lassus (1841-1914).[1]
The opera premiered at the French: [[Opéra de Monte-Carlo]] on February 24, 1906, and was directed by Raoul Gunsbourg and conducted by Léon Jehin.[2] Celebrated soprano Geraldine Farrar created the role of Margarita.[3] The vocal score, published in 1906 by Durand et Fils of Paris has a dedication to Albert I, Prince of Monaco.[4]
The plot is set during the First French Empire in Corsica, which composer and librettist visited together, looking for local colour.
Roles
- French: Raphaël, ermite ("hermit") (baritone)
- French: Tébaldo, de la famille de Piétra Néra ("of the Piétra Néra family") (tenor)
- French: Bursica, porcher, serviteur des Fabiani ("pigherder, servant of the Fabiani [family]") (bass)
- French: Nunciata, de la famille des Fabiani ("of the Fabianai family") (soprano)
- French: Margarita, sœur de lait de Vanina ("foster sister of Vanina") (soprano)
- French: Vanina, petite-fille de Nunciata ("granddaughter of Nunciata") (contralto)
Parents, serviteurs des deux familles Piétra Néra et Fabiani("Parents, servants of the two families: Piétra Néra and Fabiani")
See also
Notes and References
- Ratner, Sabina Teller. Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921: A Thematic Catalogue of His Complete Works. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2002. 0198163207
- Saint-Saëns, Camille. L'ancêtre. vocal score title page. Paris: Durand et Fils, 1906.
- Nash, Elizabeth. Geraldine Farrar: Opera's Charismatic Innovator. 2nd. ed. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2012. 9780786470679
- Saint-Saëns, Camille. L'ancêtre. vocal score title page. Paris: Durand et Fils, 1906.
