Proserpine (Saint-Saëns) Explained

Proserpine
Type:	Drame lyrique
Composer:	Camille Saint-Saëns
Librettist:	Louis Gallet
Language:	French

Proserpine is an 1887 drame lyrique in four acts by Camille Saint-Saëns to a libretto by Louis Gallet after Auguste Vacquerie.^[1]

Roles

• Proserpine (soprano)
• Angiola (soprano)
• Sabatino (tenor)
• Squarocca (baritone)
• Renzo (basse)
• Orlando (tenor)
• Ercole (baritone)
• Filippo (tenor)
• Gil (tenor)
• Une religieuse ‘a nun’
• Trois jeunes filles ‘three girls’
• Trois novices ‘three novices’
• Seigneurs, mendiants, religieuses, soldats ‘Lords, mendicants, nuns, soldiers’

Recordings

• Veronique Gens as Proserpine, Marie-Adeline Henry Angiola; Frédéric Antoun Sabatino; Andrew Foster-Williams Squarocca; Jean Teitgen Renzo; Mathias Vidal Orlando; Philippe-Nicolas Martin Ercole; Artavazd Sargsyan Filippo/Gil; Clémence Tilquin, a nun Munich Radio Orchestra Flanders radio choir Ulf Schirmer, Ediciones Singulares, sponsored Palazzetto Bru Zane 2016^[2]

Notes and References

1. Sabina Teller Ratner Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921: A Thematic Catalogue of His Complete Works 0198163207 2002
2. Web site: Un Saint-Saëns n'arrive jamais seul . Laurent Bury . 2016-09-28 . 2018-05-18 . ForumOpera.com .