L'étoile de Séville explained

L'Étoile de Séville
Type:	Grand opera
Translated Name:	The Star of Seville
Librettist:	Hippolyte Lucas
Language:	French
Premiere Location:	Salle Le Peletier, Paris

L'Étoile de Séville (The Star of Seville) is a grand opera in four acts composed by Michael William Balfe to a libretto by Hippolyte Lucas based on Andrés de Claramonte's 1623 play La Estrella de Sevilla.^[1] It premiered at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on 17 December 1845 with Rosine Stoltz in the title role.

Roles

!Roles!Voice type!Premiere cast 17 December 1845,
Conductor: François Habeneck

Estrella	soprano	Rosine Stoltz
Zaïda	soprano	Marie-Dolorès Nau
Don Sanche	tenor	Italo Gardoni
Don Bustos	tenor	Hippolyte Brémont
Pedro	tenor	Paulin
King	baritone	Paul Barroilhet
Don Arias	bass	Joseph Menghis
Gomez	bass	Ferdinand Prévôt

References

Notes

Sources

• Barrett, William Alexander (1882). Balfe: His Life and Work. Remington and Co.
  • Lucas, Hippolyte (1845). L'étoile de Séville: grand opéra en 4 actes (libretto). V. Jonas (Paris)
• Pérez Fernández, Julián Jesús (2022), De La Estrella de Sevilla a L'Etoile de Séville, Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla

Notes and References

1. Casaglia also credits Léon Pillet for the libretto, but only Lucas is given authorship in the printed libretto. Lucas does thank Pillet for "benevolent guidance and experienced care" on p. 3. Pillet was the director of the Paris Opera at the time.